Ontario News

FREDERICTON — An American agency that responds to marine mammals in distress has halted its efforts to free large whales trapped in fishing gear following the recent death of a whale rescuer in New Brunswick.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada hiked its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time in nearly seven years in what may be the beginning of the end of the era of cheap borrowing that has fuelled the hot housing market and record levels of debt.

CALGARY — Soaking up the rays or chilling in the shade? A University of Calgary study is looking into whether bucking bulls, arguably the most ill-tempered of rodeo animals at the Calgary Stampede, would be happier and perform better if they had a sh

KITCHENER, Ont. — A 24-year-old man wanted in connection with a Kitchener, Ont., homicide has been arrested in Texas.

An employee of a northern Ontario long-term care home allegedly photographed residents without their consent and shared the images with her fellow coworkers on social media, police said Wednesday.

VANCOUVER — Wildfires in British Columbia's Interior mean only coastal and extreme northern and northeastern corners of the province have escaped a pall of smoke blanketing regions that include the United States border.

TORONTO — A veteran of the Canadian financial services and mortgage industry has been appointed the next CEO of Home Capital Group Inc.

RANKIN INLET, Nunavut — Nunavut RCMP say the death of a missing boy has been ruled a homicide. The 11-year-old boy, who police initially said was 12, had been missing for five days.

TORONTO — A federal prison guard failed to capture crucial video footage that could have shown whether colleagues attacked a prisoner without provocation, an independent investigation has found.

TORONTO — DJ Kennington always comes prepared to drive, whether it's racing at 300 kilometres per hour at the Daytona 500 or clearing snow off Ontario's highways.