Ontario News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberal government, which had promised to address the health care problems that dominated the spring election campaign, drew derisive opposition reviews by adding only $6.2 million in new health spending to a budget worth $10.

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Sept.

OTTAWA — The federal information watchdog says she is "generally very disappointed" with a Liberal bill that would revise the law intended to give Canadians access to federal files.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia and the federal government are battling in court over $50-million in potential tax revenues from video lottery terminals operated on First Nations.

TORONTO — The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index shed 42.11 points in a broad-based retreat. The S&P/TSX composite index closed at 15,474.12, with all but one subsector in the red. On Wall Street, the markets were mixed.

OTTAWA — Federal officials are working out the kinks in a government plan to tie housing assistance to the person who needs help, not the place where they are living.

OTTAWA — Prison staff suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder need a national treatment centre to help them, the union representing Canada's correctional officers said Tuesday as it urged the federal government to step up support.

TORONTO — Kids and teens should not drink sports or energy drinks, the Canadian Paediatric Society says in a new position released Tuesday that takes a stand against the sugary beverages. Dr.

HALIFAX — A Halifax Regional Police officer has been charged with assault following an arrest outside a downtown bar last spring.

DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — A recent visit to two paleontology museums in northeastern British Columbia was all it took to turn a local woman into a dinosaur sleuth with a significant discovery to her credit.