Ontario News

OTTAWA — Marina Alex shot a 5-under 66 on Thursday to take the lead in the Canadian Pacific Women's Open, while Canadian star Brooke Henderson was in danger of missing the cut after a 74.

OTTAWA — Playing professional golf isn't that much different from having a standard 9-5 job. There's a similar litany of problems. In the first round of the CP Women's Open, it was a traffic jam.

OTTAWA — Alena Sharp knelt down beside her bag and wrote the initials DC-J on each of her golf balls.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats vice-president of football operations Kent Austin removed himself as head coach of the winless CFL team Thursday and appointed assistant coach June Jones to take over.

MONTREAL — The former president of the federal company that owns and operates two of Montreal's major bridges was sentenced Thursday to five-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to accepting more than $2 million in bribes.

TORONTO — Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. is selling its stake in Singaporean insurer First Capital Insurance Ltd. for US$1.

WOODSTOCK, N.B. — A member of an outlaw motorcycle gang in New Brunswick is facing drug and weapon charges following a police investigation.

CALGARY — A police watchdog investigation has concluded police were justified in shooting and killing a man in a wheelchair who had been firing a gun out of his home for 90 minutes and nearly hit police and a bus driver.

TORONTO — It was a flat trading day as Canada's main stock index inched forward Thursday, while a volatile session saw U.S. markets tick lower. The Toronto Stock Exchange's the S&P/TSX composite index gained 13 points to 15,076.16.

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Aug.