Ontario News

MONTREAL — Criminal charges against the doctor accused of committing what Quebec authorities described as the biggest corruption fraud in Canada's history have officially been abandoned, two years after his death, the Crown announced Friday.

TORONTO — Neil Young is putting the finishing touches on a massive archival website focused on his storied music career.

OTTAWA — Reports that women in and around Saskatoon were being coerced into tubal ligation procedures are evidence of racism in a health-care system that remains biased against Aboriginal women, Canada's Indigenous affairs minister says.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts continued assessing quarterback Ricky Ray's right shoulder injury Friday and expect to know his status when they reconvene Sunday.

CALGARY — A three-week jury trial for a man accused of killing a Calgary woman and her five-year-old daughter is scheduled to begin in November 2018.

CALGARY — A December 2018 trial date has been set for a man charged in the shooting death of a Canadian Football League player last year.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Police are investigating after a female reporter was heckled with a notorious sexist slur while on camera in St. John's, N.L. Const.

OTTAWA — The economy extended its winning streak in July, posting its eighth consecutive month of job growth while the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest point since the start of the financial crisis nearly nine years ago.

MONTREAL — A retired Mohawk professional wrestler has reached an agreement in principle to settle a lawsuit with singer Van Morrison over the use of his image on the cover of an upcoming album, his lawyer said Friday.

TORONTO — Canadian rockers Bryan Adams and Bachman & Turner will perform at the closing ceremonies of the Invictus Games in Toronto this fall.