Ontario News

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Sept.

TROUT RIVER, N.L. — Politics is a different kind of blood sport in the tiny western Newfoundland town of Trout River. Ten of 24 candidates running for council in Tuesday's municipal elections have the same last name — Crocker.

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says no one asked him whether a former U.S. soldier who leaked thousands of classified military documents should be deemed inadmissible to Canada because of her convictions.

MONTREAL — A small fishing village in southwestern Nova Scotia seems like the last place you'd find a voice for Quebec independence.

BURLINGTON, Ont. — A major route into Toronto has reopened after a fatal crash on the Burlington Skyway caused traffic headaches Monday morning. Ontario provincial police say the crash took place shortly after 6 a.m. on the Queen Elizabeth Way.

TORONTO — Raptors coach Dwane Casey says President Donald Trump's decision to use "son of a bitch" to refer to NFL player protesters struck a nerve in the NBA. "No question.

HALIFAX — A key campaign promise by Nova Scotia Liberals will be fulfilled when the expansion of pre-primary classes for four-year-olds is up and running by the end of the week, says Education Minister Zach Churchill.

TORONTO — While the Toronto Raptors headed into the off-season amid talk of a "culture reset," their new look is more of a trim than a completely new 'do.

TORONTO — After speaking out in favour of athletes speaking out, Raptors guard Kyle Lowry paused. "This is a crazy subject. I can go on and on and on about it," said Lowry, who grew up in north Philadelphia.

HALIFAX — A member of the Royal Canadian Navy is expected in a military court Tuesday to face allegations he sexually assaulted a lower-ranking male colleague.