Ontario News

Toronto's main stock index fell Monday amid tumbling oil prices as tropical storm Harvey wreaked havoc on energy markets. The S&P/TSX composite index slipped 3.96 points to 15,052.

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — The two men who died in a plane crash in Saskatchewan last week have been identified as Quebecers who were father and son.

TORONTO — Walmart Canada is looking to strengthen its online presence by adding third-party sellers to its website.

REGINA — Premier Brad Wall has kicked out a founding member of his governing Saskatchewan Party after a review found the member of the legislature tried to influence potential investors while he was on a trip to China.

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Aug.

CHETICAMP, N.S. — A scientific expedition in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is revealing never-before seen images of odd and valuable marine life.

TORONTO — Three utilities in Ontario will run pilot projects to explore different pricing structures for electricity bills.

OTTAWA — A pair of relative political rookies — Seamus O'Regan and Carla Qualtrough — have been tapped to guide two of the federal Liberal government's most complex and politically sensitive portfolios: military procurement and veterans affairs.

OTTAWA — A United Nations panel says the construction of British Columbia's $8.8-billion Site C dam should be halted until there is a full review of how it would affect Indigenous land.

HALIFAX — Two Toronto-area men have been charged in an 18-month, seven-province investigation into a human trafficking ring that allegedly forced ''numerous'' Nova Scotia women into the sex trade across Canada.