Ontario News

MONTREAL — A Montreal-area man who broke into pay phones 65 times over several months and made off with $6,000 has been sentenced to 16 months in prison.

OTTAWA — Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau spoke Thursday about their hope to reach a deal by the end of this year on a new North American Free Trade Agreement.

OTTAWA — Canada's border agency has quietly begun sharing information with U.S. Homeland Security about the thousands of American citizens who cross into Canada each day.

VANCOUVER — Greyhound Canada has applied to regulators in British Columbia to drop five routes, four of them in northern B.C., as the company deals with plunging ridership.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A new report says Newfoundland and Labrador's Crown utility Nalcor is doing a better job of keeping track of the cost and the risks associated with its timetable for the $12.7 billion Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project.

TORONTO — The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index rose sharply Thursday as Statistics Canada reported the country's surging economic growth blew past forecasts in the second quarter. The S&P/TSX composite index gained 78.74 points to 15,221.

TORONTO — Skip Prokop, the big-hearted drummer, co-founder and visionary behind Canadian rock band Lighthouse, has died. He was 74.

TORONTO — The past, present and future of Canadian soccer was on show Thursday ahead of a weekend friendly with Jamaica. And while some disparage — or worse, ignore — the 95th-ranked Canadian men, it was an impressive array of talent.

TORONTO — Canada's biggest five banks had a better-than-expected combined third-quarter profit of $10.

NORWAY HOUSE, Man. — The families of four men who were switched at birth and sent home from a northern Manitoba hospital with the wrong parents said they were left with more questions than answers Thursday after reviews by the RCMP and Health Canada.