Ontario News

HAMILTON — A Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails will forgo his extradition hearing and go face the charges in the United States in what his lawyer has called an effort to speed up the legal process.

SIX NATIONS RESERVE, Ont. — Police say a man and woman are facing charges in the death of a three-year-old child earlier this year on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory southeast of Brantford, Ont.

HAMILTON — Police in Hamilton say 80 people are facing charges in a drug trafficking and firearms investigation. They say the operation — dubbed Project Phoenix — began in July and saw 44 search warrants executed across Hamilton.

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — Police are investigating after a pickup truck smashed into the side of a mall in Richmond Hill, Ont., and injured at least three people. York regional police Const.

CHATHAM, Ont. — Provincial police are asking people to think before they post video or pictures from accident scenes on social media. Officers at the scene of a fatal six-vehicle crash late last month on Highway 401 at Chatham, Ont.

WHITBY, Ont. — Durham regional police say they've charged a 57-year-old man in what they're calling a hate-related assault in a Whitby, Ont., park.

OTTAWA — The annual inflation rate accelerated last month for the first time since January for a result that supported the view consumer prices are set to rise with the improving economy.

OTTAWA — Former Conservative MP Terence Young is calling for Health Minister Jane Philpott to personally review her department's handling of a law that bears his daughter's name — a request supported by both opposition parties.

A 49-year-old New Brunswick man who allegedly travelled to Ohio to meet a teenage girl is facing a charge of production of child pornography in the United States. Joseph Haggerty of St. Stephen, N.B.

GOULDS, N.L. — Newfoundland's wildly popular Chase the Ace saga will soon fold. The province has approved an exit date of Aug. 30 if the winning card is not drawn next Wednesday at a church on the outskirts of St. John's, N.L.