Ontario News

MONTREAL — There are no plans to use a new Quebec law in order to reintroduce the Muslim cemetery project in Saint-Apollinaire, the town's mayor said Monday, a day after voters rejected the proposal in a referendum.

OTTAWA — Federal officials are working to eliminate any fraud or mistakes from the government's largest seniors benefits program through a massive review of payments and testing a new way to catch problems before they get into the system.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it will save more than $300 million a year on generic drugs after reaching a deal with the association representing Canada's generic pharmaceutical companies.

WATERLOO, Ont. — Sandvine Corp. (TSX:SVC) has switched allegiance to a new takeover offer worth $562 million, about 16.5 per cent more than its original suitor was going to pay before a rival came forward late last month.

OTTAWA — A group of lawyers are hoping the courts will force the federal government to speed up refugee applications for three families who helped hide former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong.

TORONTO — It's not hard to track down many of the former stars of "SCTV" — Martin Short is a perennial favourite on the theatre and talk show circuits, Andrea Martin is a Broadway and network star, and Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara have found cros

WINNIPEG — A treaty regarded by some as the founding document of Winnipeg is about to mark a milestone anniversary. The 1817 Peguis-Selkirk Treaty was signed 200 years ago this Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Home sales in June posted their largest monthly drop in seven years, driven by a plunge in the Greater Toronto market, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday, the latest evidence that a cool-down in the housing sector is taking hol

LAMBTON SHORES, Ont. — Ontario provincial police are investigating two cottage break-ins where the only items stolen were cases of beer. Police say the thefts at two seasonal cottages on Lake Huron in Lambton Shores, Ont.

CHARLOTTETOWN — RCMP are investigating a report of a green laser being directed into the cockpit of a commercial aircraft as it approached the airport in Charlottetown.