Ontario News

TORONTO — How President's Choice Financial customers will be affected by the creation of Simplii Financial, a new brand from CIBC, which will absorb the accounts of some two million current PC Financial account holders.

CALGARY — As NAFTA 2.0 negotiations begin, an old trade issue with a strange name has emerged to create unlikely allies across the political spectrum and staunch defenders in the oilpatch.

MONTREAL — Members of Pharmaprix's Optimum points program in Quebec might find a few more points in their accounts in the coming weeks as the division of Loblaw's pharmacy business has settled a long-standing class action with a Quebec consumers' rig

WASHINGTON — Negotiations start Wednesday for an update to the quarter-century-old North American Free Trade Agreement. This glossary of negotiating terms helps explain understand some of the underlying dynamics of these talks.

VICTORIA — Joe Carr's most memorable total solar eclipse had ties to former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi. He stayed in a tent in the Sahara Desert supplied by Gadhafi to house dedicated eclipse chasers.

EDMONTON — A member of Alberta's new United Conservative Party has quit caucus after repeatedly making headlines in recent days for his conduct.

MONTREAL — A commemorative plaque honouring a former president of the Confederate States of America has been removed from a Hudson's Bay Co. building in downtown Montreal.

CAMROSE, Alta. — A woman who lost her engagement ring 13 years ago while weeding her garden on the family farm is wearing it proudly again after her daughter-in-law pulled it from the ground on a misshapen carrot.

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 16 ——— NAFTA RENEGOTIATION TALKS BEGIN TODAY Canada's lead minister for the renegotiation of NAFTA has arrived in Washington for the first round of talks, which get underway today.

TORONTO — The Tampa Bay Rays have had all kinds of success against Marco Estrada this season. After another loss against them Tuesday night, the Blue Jays right-hander was left searching for answers once again.