Ontario News

TORONTO — It will soon feel a lot more like autumn in most of southern and eastern Ontario. Environment Canada has lifted a heat warning that has seen the region bake in plus-30 degree temperatures for several days.

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Sept. 27 ——— BOMBARDIER HIT HARD IN BOEING DISPUTE Bombardier's hopes for breaking into the U.S. market has taken a massive blow, with the U.S.

SASKATOON — The head of Saskatchewan's RCMP is defending the decision to not chase a stolen truck involved in a fatal collision last week.

REGINA — A Paralympian says doing simple things like recovering from a scratch and making a bed have become immensely more difficult since an accident left her a quadriplegic. Miranda Biletski is suing the University of Regina for negligence.

TORONTO — Ontario's plan to hike minimum wage to $15 an hour will cost the province's economy as many as 90,000 jobs by 2020, according to a new report from TD Bank.

MONTREAL — European railway manufacturers Siemens Mobility and Alstom announced a merger Tuesday that leaves Montreal-based Bombardier Transportation facing a new "European champion" and a substantially larger rival.

TORONTO — Canadian international Adriana Leon has won player of the week honours in the National Women's Soccer League.

TORONTO — Former Canadian goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc, who spent her early years in Dominica, has added her voice to those asking for urgent help for the hurricane-devastated Caribbean island.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is trying to impose a rigid and outdated taxi model on Uber's flexible way of doing business and if nothing changes, the ride-hailing company will disappear from the province's roads by mid-October, the company warned

YELLOWKNIFE — A man has been rescued from a garbage truck in Yellowknife. RCMP say they received a call from a person who saw a man fall from a dumpster into the back of the trash truck early Tuesday morning.