Ontario News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — It was the year of the celebrity iceberg, the phallic iceberg and the lying-dog iceberg. More than a thousand icebergs drifted into East Coast shipping lanes this year, with many more closer to shore in Newfoundland and Labrador.

VANCOUVER — School districts in British Columbia are scrambling to hire thousands of teachers ahead of the new school year to satisfy a court decision that reinstates standards on class size.

EDMONTON — A hearing to determine whether bail conditions for former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr should be eased allowing him unsupervised visits with his controversial sister did not go ahead as planned Thursday. It was put over to Sept.

TORONTO — Scotiabank is looking at buying BBVA Chile, which is in a strategically important high-growth market.

TORONTO — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM) is spending US$635 million to boost its stake in the Cobre Panama mining project to 90 per cent.

TORONTO — At total of 28 Canadian features are in the lineup for this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

TORONTO — Movies from Western Canada and first-time filmmakers will take a chunk of the spotlight as the Canadian lineup unfolds at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival has announced one more movie for its lineup: "Roman J. Israel, Esq." starring Denzel Washington.

TORONTO — Canadian swimming star Penny Oleksiak is returning to her roots. The four-time Olympic medallist is leaving coach Ben Titley and the Swimming Canada High Performance Centre to return to Bill O'Toole and the Toronto Swim Club.

Montreal police crawled on the ground through dense smoke to reach an apartment where they found an 18-month-old baby alone, authorities said Thursday.