Ontario News

TORONTO — Home Capital Group (TSX:HCG) is standing behind Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bid to increase its stake in the company after leading proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services advised investors to vote against the deal.

QUEBEC — A provincial byelection will be held in the Quebec City riding of Louis-Hebert on Oct. 2. The vote will fill the national assembly's only remaining vacant seat, left empty after the departure of longtime Liberal Sam Hamad in April.

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer unveiled his shadow cabinet on Wednesday. Here's the list: Ziad Aboultaif, Alta. — International Development Dan Albas, B.C. — Small Business Dean Allison, Ont., — International Trade John Barlow, Alta.

OTTAWA — Conservative leader Andrew Scheer unveiled on Wednesday the list of those will sit on the Opposition front benches when the House of Commons returns next month.

MONTREAL — Four suspended Quebec City hospital employees will fight the disciplinary action imposed against them for removing a dog from a hot car and bringing it into the building.

Lottery winners in Quebec are getting a new way to practice saying 'No' when asked for money.

TORONTO — Political journalist Evan Solomon is getting his own national talk radio show. Bell Media says "The Evan Solomon Show" will debut Sept. 5 and feature in-depth interviews with newsmakers from Canada and around the world.

MARKHAM, Ont. — A school bus driver is facing impaired driving charges after a crash involving a school bus and a car in Markham, Ont.

With the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death approaching Thursday, she has returned to our cultural imagination. The late Princess of Wales has been gracing magazine covers as a style icon again.

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau has named David Adams Richards, an acclaimed New Brunswick novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet, to the Senate.