Ontario News

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he is preparing for a significant shift in his government's handling of the Indigenous Affairs file — a plan designed to lead to the dissolution of the department itself.

WINKLER, Man. — Police in southern Manitoba were at a loss Monday as they tried to determine why a 15-year-old girl was repeatedly stabbed inside the women's washroom at the Pembina Valley Baptist Church shortly after the weekly service had ended.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — British Columbia's premier spent Monday touring some communities affected by this year's unprecedented wildfire season, promising financial assistance but cautioning it will take more than cheques to help with the recovery.

MONTREAL — Toromont Industries sees the $1.02-billion purchase of rival heavy equipment supplier Hewitt Group as a way to take advantage of government infrastructure spending and a recovery of metal prices.

CALGARY — Canadian gasoline prices are expected to rise this week after widespread flooding from tropical storm Harvey forced many refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast to shut down.

OTTAWA — Repairing the federal government's public service pay system is a top priority, the newly minted minister responsible for the Phoenix payroll service insisted Monday, just hours after her department revealed that a backlog of problem pay fil

Montreal police say they have arrested a man who was sought in connection with alleged drug offences in Ontario and was also on a list of most wanted criminals in the United States.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government has no plans to delete the name of Sir John A. Macdonald — Canada's first prime minister — from anything under federal responsibility.

SASKATOON — A statue of a parrot that normally adorns a Saskatoon restaurant flew the coop this weekend and landed atop a bridge under construction over the South Saskatchewan River.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A key ally of Donald Trump says Canadians should understand the U.S. president believes in free trade, and they shouldn't read too much into what they hear.