Ontario News

CALGARY — Canada's elite athletes are smoking, eating and investing in marijuana. Is a toke before stepping to the start line far off? The Canadian government intends to legalize recreational cannabis by July 1, 2018.

WATERLOO, Ont. — Descartes Systems Group (TSX:DSG) has acquired an Ohio-based company that provides location-based truck tracking in a deal valued at US$107 million.

OTTAWA — A Bullock's oriole that landed in eastern Ontario in 2015 will finally be flying home to British Columbia — by plane. The little western bird drew national attention when she arrived in Packenham, Ont.

OTTAWA — A co-founder of The Rebel says he's leaving the conservative media website.

EDMONTON — An Alberta politician who has made a career championing taxpayers says he made mistakes when he wrongly billed the government for meals over a period of years.

Toronto health officials are warning that recent customers of an east-end restaurant may have been exposed to hepatitis A.

OTTAWA — With NAFTA negotiations set to begin Wednesday, it's tempting to think of Canada as the proverbial 90-pound weakling about to get a faceful of sand kicked up by the body-building, muscle-flexing behemoth who lives next door.

TORONTO — Actress Aubrey Plaza has a complicated relationship with social media. As a producer on two films this year, including this week's release "Ingrid Goes West," she says she gets excited promoting those projects on Twitter and Instagram.

TORONTO — Josh Donaldson wasn't sure if his first-inning home run had enough pop to clear the right-field fence. It did. And it ended up being the deciding factor in the game.

PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — A group of Indigenous families living in social housing say the Manitoba government is threatening to evict them at the end of the month.