Ontario News

TORONTO — Travellers heading to Canada's busiest airport were warned that a strike by hundreds of ground crew workers could affect some flights Friday, but the labour dispute did not create any major problems for passengers.

Highlights from the news file for Friday, July 28 ——— FORMER B.C. PREMIER EXITS PROVINCIAL POLITICS: Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark is leaving provincial politics just over a month after her government was toppled in a confidence vote.

EDMONTON — Police say they have seized nearly $4 million worth of fentanyl pills in Edmonton as part of a massive bust they believe to be Canada's largest of the powerful opioid.

OTTAWA — Ontario MP Charlie Angus says he will miss a leadership debate next week in Victoria due his sister's illness. Angus says his sister has been moved into palliative care, adding her time is running short.

TORONTO — The loonie climbed Friday, rising above the 80-cent mark, as oil prices rose and the country's economic growth came in stronger than expected. The Canadian dollar was trading at an average price of 80.34 cents US, up 0.47 of a cent.

TORONTO — Now that his father Bob Bradley is the first coach of the Los Angeles Football Club, Michael Bradley has a second MLS team to cheer for.

OTTAWA — Even as Ottawa was overrun with tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of two giant robots shaped like a dragon and a spider strolling through the capital this week, there were enough politicos left around Parliament Hill to natter for days abou

QUEBEC — The Quebec government announced Friday there won't be any further oil and gas exploration on Anticosti Island, putting the controversial drilling project to rest.

TORONTO — The disappearances of several men linked to Toronto's LGBTQ community have prompted local police to set up a special investigative team, the force said Friday.

EDMONTON — An Alberta judge says the death of a foster boy from abuse was a direct result of the failure of provincial child welfare to deal with his case properly.