Ontario News

TORONTO — Even a surprisingly successful season wasn't about to throw the Toronto Maple Leafs off a patient plan of reconstruction.

VICTORIA — The suspended head of Victoria's police department says he is being targeted by a group of people who want him ousted from his position as chief constable. In an affidavit filed in B.C.

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says he's open to the idea of adding a new appeal process in cases where people are being stripped of their citizenship.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Pedestrians and cyclists will be able to use the new cross-border Gordie Howe International Bridge that will connect Windsor, Ont., with Detroit.

A joint Quebec-California cap-and-trade auction has yielded less-than-stellar results, just three weeks ahead of Ontario's first auction and a year before the province plans to link its own system with that market.

MONCTON, N.B. — Two more malicious mass emails targeting a female University of Moncton student were sent to students and staff at the New Brunswick school late Tuesday evening, bringing the total number of such emails to six.

TORONTO — A food and music festival conceived by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in the United Kingdom is coming to Canada this August.

MONTREAL — Transport Minister Marc Garneau is calling for the creation of a tough national standard to penalize distracted drivers using their cellphones on the road.

WASHINGTON — A big-money political donor and philanthropist with personal ties to the coal industry and professional connections to the White House and the U.S. Senate is expected to be named Donald Trump's ambassador to Canada.

VICTORIA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is touring a military base in British Columbia on Thursday and meeting with Victoria's mayor.