Ontario News

RENOUS, N.B. — An inmate was taken to hospital after an assault at a maximum-security prison in New Brunswick. Officials at the federal Atlantic Institution in Renous say the victim was found injured last Thursday around 10 p.m.

Montreal police say a tourist from California is in critical condition after falling four storeys early this morning. The incident took place at a popular bar in the Gay Village in the city's downtown area.

OTTAWA — Canada's wholesale sales declined slightly in June, with the food and auto industries showing the biggest impact. Wholesale sales fell by 0.5 per cent to $61.4 billion, following a series of monthly increases.

MONTREAL — Tensions boiled over in Quebec City on Sunday, as police were pelted by beer bottles and smoke bombs set off in garbage cans in an ugly end to a weekend of pro and anti-immigrant rallies.

WASHINGTON — North American countries concluded their first round of negotiations toward a new continental trade agreement Sunday with a statement that suggested major issues needed to be sorted out in the talks ahead.

WASHINGTON — If Donald Trump deploys the big bomb during upcoming NAFTA negotiations, and threatens to blow up the continental trade agreement, a unit within the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be assigned to try disarming it.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Hundreds of people are being allowed to return to Loon Lake, B.C., more than a month after flames forced them from their homes and destroyed dozens of buildings in the community.

Three stories in the news for Monday, Aug. 21 ——— PARTIAL ECLIPSE TO TAKE A BITE OUT OF CANADA'S SUN Canadians across the country will be donning special glasses and looking to the sky to take in a partial solar eclipse today. Unlike the U.S.

TORONTO — Health Canada announced Sunday that it has approved an application by Toronto Public Health to open a safe injection site several months earlier than anticipated. An "interim safe injection site" will open for service on Monday, Aug.

TORONTO — Courtney Turner was selected first overall by the Boston Blades on Sunday in the 2017 CWHL draft. The five-foot-three forward from Union College is a native of Milton, Mass. Forward Kristyn Capizzano of Oakville, Ont.