Ontario News

VANCOUVER — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he "regrets" comments he made about Sen. Patrick Brazeau in Rolling Stone, but an Indigenous advocate wants him to express his remorse in a letter to the popular U.S. magazine.

TORONTO — An experienced appeal court judge will head a sweeping public inquiry into systemic issues at Ontario's long-term care homes that may have contributed to the murders of eight seniors at the hands of a longtime nurse.

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Aug. 1 ——— TRUDEAU 'REGRETS' COMMENTS IN ROLLING STONE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he "regrets" comments he made about Sen. Patrick Brazeau in a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

TORONTO — CBC has selected a diverse foursome to oversee its flagship news program "The National.

Walmart Canada is eliminating the pickup fee from its online grocery service as it braces for increasing competition in a business where profit margins are already razor thin. The retail giant said Tuesday it is cancelling its $2.

WASHINGTON — A high-level dinner of cabinet members from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico will mark the start of NAFTA negotiations this month, followed by a seven-course diet of negotiating rounds crammed in rapid succession.

TORONTO — Joe Fresh announced Tuesday that it is expanding into the plus-size market, a move retail analysts called a significant opportunity to cater to an underserved demographic.

MONTREAL — In a 37-year relationship that has seen them have three children together, Helene Gauvin and her partner, Andre Jauvin, have never formally tied the knot.

WASHINGTON — Canada and the United States must chop down one big, remaining impediment to a deal on softwood lumber and this obstacle involves wood from neither country but from other places: Germany, Sweden, Chile, Brazil and Russia.

TORONTO — One of Canada's largest universities says it will appeal a Federal Court ruling that found it was circumventing copyright fees in reproducing materials being handed out to students.