Ontario News

Six stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 31 ——— TORY MP GERRY RITZ SET TO RESIGN: SOURCES Gerry Ritz, one of the longest serving Conservative members of Parliament, is set to leave federal political life.

OTTAWA — Newly minted Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott says her new department will likely include the delivery of health services for First Nations and Inuit — an area previously under her watch at Health Canada.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays had one solid chance to get to Rick Porcello on Wednesday night. But a fluke play worked out in the Boston starter's favour and the Red Sox went on to win 7-1 for a three-game sweep over the struggling Blue Jays.

WASAGAMACK, Man. — Some 2,000 residents of a remote Manitoba Indigenous community took turns piling into boats in the darkness as they fled a large forest fire that raced toward their homes.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A couple from Conception Bay South, N.L., are the province's newest millionaires after finally drawing the elusive ace of spades.

CALGARY — Heart-pounding security footage of a violent robbery at a Calgary convenience store captured a fearless clerk trading blows with a man and women armed with what appears to be a tire iron and pick axe.

WASHINGTON — If Donald Trump attempts the proverbial gun-to-the-temple negotiating strategy on NAFTA, how should America's neighbours respond: Keep sitting there, or walk away from the bargaining table? It's a question the other North American countr

OTTAWA — Gerry Ritz, one of the longest serving Conservative members of Parliament, is leaving federal political life.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir say they won't miss Canada's NHL players in Pyeongchang so much as head coach Mike Babcock.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Kaitlyn Weaver's childhood home has been destroyed by tropical storm Harvey.