Ontario News

QUEBEC — The Quebec government will pay $20.5 million to Petrolia as part of its plan to end oil development on Anticosti Island.

WASHINGTON — At least one Canadian diplomat in Cuba has been treated for hearing loss, the federal government said Thursday, amid reports of similar symptoms among U.S.

TORONTO — Stock markets nosedived Thursday as investors continued moving into gold amid escalating political tensions between the United States and North Korea. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index fell 143.08 points to 15,074.

TORONTO — Zach Bauchou shot a final round 2-under 68 Thursday to win the Canadian Men's Amateur Championship at The Toronto Golf Club. The 21-year-old from Forest, Va.

OTTAWA — With the blessing of the federal government, British Columbia is putting three health clinics under the financial microscope amid long-standing concerns about overbilling and the integrity of the country's public health-care system.

Brad Wall, who has served as premier of Saskatchewan for nearly a decade, has announced his retirement from politics.

WASHINGTON — The president of the United States is tweeting more often, more angrily and more frequently against members of his own political family, in a political spectacle revealing fault lines within America's governing party.

MONTREAL — While former U.S. president Bill Clinton and his family may be looking to sightsee, explore and chill on their upcoming Quebec vacation, security experts say there will be nothing relaxing for those in charge of keeping them safe.

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Aug.

OTTAWA — A law that leaves refugees forever at risk of losing their permanent residency must continue to be tested before the courts, says a B.C. lawyer who fell short Thursday in his efforts to have the Supreme Court examine the issue.