Ontario News

EDMONTON — The father of a five-month-old baby who was killed in a suspicious Edmonton house fire says he's offering a reward for any information that leads to an arrest.

TORONTO — A call from an Ontario teachers' union to remove the name of Canada's first prime minister from public elementary schools was rejected by the province's premier Thursday as she noted the need to understand all parts of the country's history

CALGARY — Where some see only a jumble of rusted pipes and black tanks jutting from a weed-infested yard in a prairie grain field, Tyler Visscher sees opportunity. The 31-year-old Red Deer, Alta.

WINNIPEG — A teacher who came to Canada from Bangladesh eight years ago says a man who claimed to be a Nazi launched racist verbal attacks at her for wearing a hijab during a visit to Manitoba this summer.

OTTAWA — Even debt-free Canadians could eventually feel a pinch from someone else's maxed-out credit cards, suggests research presented to senior officials at the federal housing agency. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

WINNIPEG — A national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women is moving forward despite calls from some groups for resignations and a restart.

EDMONTON — Alberta conservative leadership candidate Jason Kenney is being offered help to set up a meeting with students who are in gay-straight alliances at school.

OTTAWA — The Senate is asking the Federal Court to block the release of documents in a labour dispute where one of its top officials faces racism allegations.

HALIFAX — The spill of thousands of Atlantic salmon at a Cooke Aquaculture farm in Washington state poses no concerns for the company's operations in Nova Scotia, the province's aquaculture minister said Thursday.

OTTAWA — Starting Aug. 31, transgender Canadians can indicate on their passports that they don't identify as either male or female.