Ontario News

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Residents of the tiny, coastal community of William's Harbour in eastern Labrador have voted to relocate.

HALIFAX — Environment Canada is warning south-facing coastlines of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland are going to get a little rough as Hurricane Gert brushes parts of the southern Grand Banks.

OTTAWA — Since the 2015 election, Canadians have donated nearly $75 million to the five political parties with seats in the House of Commons— but federal law makes it impossible to tell where more than 40 per cent of it came from.

TORONTO — Labour groups made their final pitches Tuesday to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland about the importance of including higher labour standards in a revised NAFTA deal.

TORONTO — Ontario's Liberal government will not consider raising the provincial sales tax to pay for infrastructure projects in various municipalities, the premier said Tuesday.

MONTREAL — Ontario's third-largest grocery chain will accelerate its study of automation as it looks to cut costs to offset the provincial government's plan to raise the minimum wage next year, the CEO of Metro Inc. said Tuesday.

HALIFAX — Bell Aliant says a widespread outage of its East Coast telecommunications network this month was the result of a "perfect storm" involving construction crews not checking where to dig. The Aug.

TORONTO — Two Toronto police officers who were recorded mocking a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome should lose their jobs over their comments, the woman's mother said Tuesday as the pair faced a disciplinary hearing. Const. Sasa Sljivo and Const.

SHERBROOKE, N.S. — A critical habitat for several endangered species along an ecologically rich Nova Scotia river has been protected following a land donation from a well-known family with a special connection to the picturesque waterway.

MONTREAL — Two Canadians killed in a terror attack in Burkina Faso are being remembered for their efforts to bring about change in the West African country.