Ontario News

TORONTO — North American stock indices capped off Monday on a muted tone as investors await signals from an upcoming major central bankers conference scheduled to begin later this week.

MONTREAL — Four men who allegedly trafficked drugs that caused a spate of recent non-fatal overdoses have been granted bail. Frederick Couture, Mathieu Quintal and Michel Bujold-Couturier will return to court Sept.

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba politician who was kicked out of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus is asking a judge to strike down the province's ban on floor-crossing as a violation of his charter rights.

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Aug.

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — A man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl from a Saskatchewan playground is to face a preliminary hearing this fall.

CALGARY — A leadership candidate for Alberta's new conservative party says he hopes organizers of the Calgary Pride parade will reconsider and allow the party to participate.

LONDON, Ont. — Embattled alternative mortgage lender Home Capital Group (TSX:HCG) is another step closer to rebuilding after an Ontario court approved the settlement of a $29.5 million class-action lawsuit by investors.

FREDERICTON — For Canadians who had to watch television to get the best view of Monday's total solar eclipse, just wait until the next one in seven years when the path of totality crosses parts of central Canada, the Maritimes and Newfoundland.

MARKHAM, Ont. — Police say they're investigating anti-Semitic and race-related graffiti that was found on walls, windows and playground equipment at three Ontario schools over the weekend.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Development of the chromite-rich Ring of Fire region in northern Ontario is one step closer after the premier announced Monday that agreements with First Nations are in place to start road construction in the area.