Ontario News

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — From funny to frightening, falling is a fact of life in curling. Elite curlers are not immune.

FREDERICTON — A Fredericton homeowner frustrated when a plow operator dumped a load of snow at the end of his driveway succumbed to shovel rage, city officials say — chasing the loader up his suburban street, shovel swinging.

TORONTO — Public health officials in Toronto say they're investigating 14 mumps cases apparently linked to bars in the city's downtown.

TORONTO — Tiz a Slam, a three-time winner in four juvenile starts, was installed Wednesday at the early 3-1 favourite for the 158th edition of The Queen's Plate.

TORONTO — With Winnipeg's penalty killers closing in, William Nylander looks to be cornered and out of options.

ESQUIMALT, B.C. — The Royal Canadian Navy's only operational submarine on the West Coast is doing training exercises as it readies for operations after undergoing repairs to dozens of problem welds, a spokesman said Wednesday.

A group representing seven First Nations in Ontario and Quebec says it's opposed to a plan to truck highly radioactive liquid from the Chalk River Laboratories in Deep River, Ont., to a site in the United States.

OTTAWA — Canada is searching for a new "coalition of the willing" to forge trade links in Asia following President Donald Trump's decision to kill the Trans-Pacific Partnership, says the new Liberal trade minister.

MONTREAL — A teacher from northern Quebec is in the running for the prestigious US$1-million Global Teacher Prize.

WINNIPEG — A man who took part in two random and violent sex attacks — one of which left a victim clinging to life on the bank of a river — wept in court Wednesday as he apologized.