Ontario News

TORONTO — Pregnancy does not appear to increase the risk of death among women who have had breast cancer, say researchers, who found that five-year survival rates were similar for women who got pregnant and those who did not.

CALGARY — A lawyer for parents convicted in the meningitis death of their toddler says the trial judge allowed the jury to be overwhelmed by medical evidence, but the Crown says the couple received a fair hearing.

TORONTO — Prominent marijuana activists Marc and Jodie Emery were charged with multiple drug-related offences in Toronto on Thursday after police in several cities raided pot dispensaries associated with the couple.

TORONTO — North American stock indexes were barely changed Thursday as traders marked the eight-year anniversary of the bull market and looked ahead to the release of a critical U.S. jobs report.

OTTAWA — A judge who asked a sexual assault complainant in a trial why she couldn't keep her knees together quit Thursday after a scathing rebuke from the body that oversees the Canadian judiciary.

Royal Dutch Shell's deal to sell off most of its Canadian oilsands holdings shows the waning appeal of the higher-cost sector for foreign investors at a time of soft crude prices and abundant global supply.

OTTAWA — Conservative MPs distanced themselves from one of their own Thursday after a Tory senator suggested there were positive aspects to Canada's residential school system.

LAKE WORTH, Fla. — A Canadian dentist is in a Florida jail accused of exposing himself and masturbating in front of girls at a Lake Worth, Fla., school.

TORONTO — The maker of Buckley's is voluntarily recalling a number of its syrups because of a choking hazard. Health Canada says GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Inc.

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, March 9 ——— JUDGE SHOULD BE TURFED FROM BENCH: A judge who asked a sexual assault complainant in a trial why she couldn't keep her knees together is resigning.