Ontario News

TORONTO — A Toronto judge approved a hardship fund on Friday for former Sears Canada employees that will come from a pool of money set aside to pay bonuses for executives.

TORONTO — A Gibraltar-based company says its online lottery jackpot shop is open for business in Canada. Lottoland says it gives Canadians a chance to bet on the world's largest jackpots online, including the U.S.

OTTAWA — The environmental arm of NAFTA is demanding Canada explain what it is doing to stop oilsands tailings ponds from leaking into Alberta waterways.

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Aug. 18 ——— CANADIANS AMONG CASUALTIES IN BARCELONA ATTACK: Spain says Canadians are among the casualties in the terrorist attack in Barcelona.

OTTAWA — Police are warning about a fraudulent road test booking website designed to get personal information from Ontario drivers.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have their offensive leader back. Veteran quarterback Ricky Ray will start Saturday afternoon when Toronto (3-5) hosts the Montreal Alouettes (3-4).

MONTREAL — Puelo Deir, one of the grand marshals in this year's Pride Parade in Montreal, was at city hall Friday and said he had no idea the mayor and police chief were going to apologize to the LGBTQ community. "I thought: Oh. My.

TORONTO — The organizers of the Canadian National Exhibition, which opened its gates on Friday — one day after two deadly terrorist attacks in Spain — are reassuring the public that the Toronto event will be safe.

STRATFORD, Ont. — Reneltta Arluk wanted to acknowledge the origins of the story told in her Stratford Festival production "The Breathing Hole," so the director took the project to the North.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index shed nearly 100 points on the final trading day of the week in a broad-based decline. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 81.31 points at 14,952.33. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average slipped 76.