Ontario News

HALIFAX — Another endangered North Atlantic right whale that was found lifeless in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is being towed to a New Brunswick island for a post-mortem examination, an animal rescue group said Thursday.

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market chalked up a small gain Thursday, helped by rising shares in Rogers Communications. The S&P/TSX composite index was ahead 19.93 points at 15,264.

Rebuilding efforts in Fort McMurray, Alta., are running ahead of expectations, with reconstruction underway on one-third of the homes destroyed in last year's wildfire, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

MONTREAL — Federal inspectors say no health threats have been identified at a Quebec ice cream factory they visited after a family claimed to have found a catheter in a tub of the treat.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the secretive process used to select the next Governor General for the first time on Thursday, saying that nothing came up during the vetting of Julie Payette that he saw as a stumbling block to her ap

Toronto police have charged a man accused of leaving a puppy in a garbage can at a shopping centre last week. Police say a man was seen on security footage discarding a dark bag in a trash can on July 11.

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, July 20 ——— TRUDEAU DEFENDS CHOICE OF PAYETTE FOR VICEREGAL: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there was nothing that came up during the vetting of Julie Payette that he saw as a reason she shouldn't be ch

FREDERICTON — Melissa Shea had been married for more than two years but no matter what she did, she says it wasn't good enough for her husband. She was stripped down emotionally and became separated from family and friends.

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the death of a 50-year-old man held at a police station in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Wednesday.

A Canadian energy company is named in three large lawsuits that attempt to link damages from climate change to industry's alleged attempts to hinder action to address it.