Ontario News

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Charges are being upgraded against a man accused of abducting an eight-year-old girl from a Saskatchewan playground.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — A Quebec man charged with hit and run in the death of a two-year-old boy was granted bail Friday with numerous conditions.

HAMILTON — If the Hamilton Tiger-Cats hope to get their sputtering offence turned around in CFL action on Saturday night, they're going to have to do it against one of the league's top defences.

OTTAWA — Parliament Hill politicos were sliding into a summer slumber this week until whispers of someone new in their midst began to make the rounds — the next Governor General.

OTTAWA — A lawsuit that says a federal agency has consistently approved pesticides without enough information on their potential harmful effects has survived an attempt to get it thrown out of court.

CLEARVIEW TOWNSHIP, Ont. — Provincial police say a seven-year-old boy has died after a house fire in central Ontario. They say emergency responders were called to the blaze in Clearview Township, Ont., at around 9 p.m. on Thursday.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Canadian government has gotten what it wanted during U.S. meetings this week: clear, public assurances from powerful Republican politicians that the North American Free Trade Agreement will be preserved.

Highlights from the news file for Friday, July 14 ——— TRUDEAU TOUTS TRADE TO U.S. GOVERNORS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told American governors at a meeting Friday in Rhode Island that Canada is by far America's biggest trading partner.

TORONTO — Walmart Canada says it is pulling a onesie off its shelves after receiving complaints that said the garment was offensive to Indigenous people.

TORONTO — Hemel Stags coach Troy Perkins knows he is headed for a hiding. But he's still looking forward to Saturday's date with the Toronto Wolfpack.