Ontario News

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's willing to fill opposition parties in on Canada's strategy as it heads into trilateral negotiations next month with the U.S. and Mexico on a new North American Free Trade Agreement.

QUEBEC — A package containing a defaced Qur'an and a note expressing hate toward a Muslim cemetery project has stoked renewed fears at a Quebec mosque where six men were killed in January, the mosque's secretary general said Wednesday.

OTTAWA — A well-known family member who has been providing advice to the painful national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women could be on the verge of discovering more details about her daughter's case.

HAMILTON — Kent Austin dismissed allegations from Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach/GM Chris Jones that the Hamilton Tiger-Cats used insider information prior to their meeting earlier this month.

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, July 19 ——— NEW B.C.

OTTAWA — The federal government is facing calls, including warnings from BlackBerry's co-founder, to be particularly vigilant when the upcoming NAFTA talks shift to intellectual property.

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TORONTO — Rising energy stocks helped push Canada's main stock index higher Wednesday amid a surprise drawdown in U.S. fuel stockpiles that helped boost oil prices. In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index climbed 95.14 points to 15,244.

TORONTO — The Brampton Beast have made strides over three seasons in the ECHL. Now the team is looking for local investors to join the club in its push to take things to a higher level.