Ontario News

TORONTO — Three Toronto men are facing charges for allegedly breaking into an underground parking garage to steal several bicycles. Police allege that the three men forced their way into the downtown garage at about 2 a.m. Wednesday.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index advanced Wednesday, led primarily by gains from oil and gas producers as the price of crude edged back closer to the US$50 mark. The S&P/TSX composite index was up by 63.53 points to 15,265.

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Aug.

A man who claims he was deprived of medical care and left naked in an Ontario jail cell overnight two years ago has filed a lawsuit against several Brantford, Ont., police officers, alleging they treated him differently because of his race.

A coroner's inquest will examine the death of a man killed by two Toronto police officers two years ago. Kwasi Skene-Peters, 21, was shot during an early-morning firefight with officers on July 25, 2015. He was later pronounced dead in hospital.

MONTREAL — Uniformed Canadian military personnel who march in Montreal's Pride parade for the first time later this month will do so with the blessing of Canada's top soldier, according to a recent directive from the Department of National Defence.

MONTREAL — Quebec's English-speaking community has grown more in the past five years than during any census period over the last four decades, says the executive vice-president of the Association for Canadian Studies.

VICTORIA — An insurance company that refused to pay for a British Columbia man's emergency heart surgery has been ordered by a B.C. Supreme Court judge in Victoria to cover the US$180,000 bill.

TORONTO — Being the CFL rushing leader will earn Jerome Messam a physical homecoming. The six-foot-three, 255-pound Toronto native leads the Calgary Stampeders into BMO Field on Thursday night against the Argonauts.

HALIFAX — The mental health expert who looked into a spate of Cape Breton teen suicides says authorities have to look beyond bullying in their response.