Ontario News

TORONTO — CBC News has named Kenny Yum as its new chief of staff, replacing Gino Apponi, who retired in May.

TORONTO — The Canadian government's breach-of-rights settlement with Omar Khadr is far from unprecedented, but its public apology to the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner sets Canada apart from other countries whose citizens were held at the infamous U.

TORONTO — A man who claims his overheated iPhone 5 burned his arm badly has lost his legal bid to keep the phone out of Apple's hands if he wants to pursue his damages claim against the company.

TORONTO — Heavy rain in Ontario this summer might be a nuisance for residents, but it's proving to be fatal for the province's turtles.

Family and friends of an Ontario teen who died while on a graduation trip are still waiting for answers as they try to come to terms with their loss. Alex Sagriff of Belleville, Ont. died on July 6 while on vacation in Veradero, Cuba.

FREDERICTON — The RCMP in northeastern New Brunswick have issued a public warning after a deadly drug was stolen from the SPCA in Dalhousie.

FREDERICTON — The Supreme Court of Canada will announce Thursday if it will review the second-degree murder case of Dennis Oland, who was accused of killing his multimillionaire father, Richard Oland, in New Brunswick in 2011.

SAUGEEN FIRST NATION, Ont. — Police have identified a man who died after being pulled from Lake Huron near Owen Sound, Ont., on the weekend.

Toronto officials say water levels near the Toronto Island are receding slower than expected and some parts will be closed for the entire summer.

CORNWALL, Ont. — An eastern Ontario city is facing a human rights complaint over its policy on female toplessness in pools, more than two decades after it became legal for women bare their breasts in public in the province.