Ontario News

TORONTO — Camilo Aguado shot an even-par 70 Wednesday to take a one-stroke lead at 7 under after three rounds at the Canadian Men's Amateur Championship.

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Aug.

TORONTO — Former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has confirmed he will make his long-awaited comeback against middleweight title-holder Michael Bisping on Nov. 4 at UFC 217 in New York's Madison Square Garden.

OTTAWA — Canadian health-care experts, including B.C.'s provincial health officer, want the federal government to strongly consider Portugal's approach to drug policy, including the decriminalization of personal possession.

FREDERICTON — A University of New Brunswick researcher says a new survey dispels the myth that most young people are enjoying fun, pleasurable sex lives.

OTTAWA — A first-of-its-kind study in Canada has painted a national picture of homeless youth and drawn a link to the foster care system that researchers say could be playing a more active role in keeping young people off the streets.

TORONTO — The world premiere of Mary Harron's TV miniseries "Alias Grace" and films starring Evan Rachel Wood, Geena Davis and Sandra Oh are in the homegrown lineup for this year's Toronto International Film Festival.

TORONTO — Scotiabank Giller Prize creator Jack Rabinovitch was celebrated at his funeral on Wednesday for helping to usher in "an explosion of Canadian literary talent," an unending quest for knowledge and his love of the written word.

OTTAWA — Satellite imagery proves a much lauded agreement between Canada's logging industry and environmental groups to protect boreal caribou habitat was a failure, says a U.S. environment group.

MONTREAL — A new Canadian survey on the LGBT community suggests while a majority believe society has shown a willingness to integrate people, a similar number believe there's still much to be done to combat homophobic behaviour.