Ontario News

OTTAWA — NDP leadership hopeful Niki Ashton says she is expecting twins in early November, shortly after her party selects a successor to Tom Mulcair.

TORONTO — The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index rose on solid earnings and a boost in the price of oil, while indices south of the border slipped. The S&P/TSX composite index climbed 78.20 points to 15,063.16.

WASHINGTON — He can huff, and he can puff, but can Donald Trump really single-handedly blow NAFTA down? It's more than fairy-tale conjecture now.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's highest court has issued an unusually blunt rebuke to a judge who delayed an adoption hearing because of "entirely hypothetical" constitutional concerns about whether the child's biological father had been given proper notice.

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Aug.

OTTAWA — The CP Women's Open hasn't been a major on the LPGA Tour since 2000, but it will have the feel of one this week with teenage phenom and local favourite Brooke Henderson headlining a strong field. Henderson, ranked No.

TORONTO — An Ontario judge who wore a hat in court bearing a slogan used by U.S. President Donald Trump told a disciplinary hearing Wednesday he was shocked to discover that what he meant as a joke was viewed as a political statement.

OTTAWA — Record-high spending forecasts for the old age security program show a need to rethink the age of eligibility, among other measures to keep it sustainable, the opposition Tories say.

WHITEHORSE — Residents of Whitehorse can't be blamed for thinking the president of the United States had arrived in Yukon for a surprise visit as what appeared to be the presidential plane touched down. But the Boeing C-32A U.S.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — She was 12, and seeking an abortion after being sexually assaulted and impregnated by her stepfather.