Ontario News

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays acquired catcher Miguel Montero and cash considerations from the Chicago Cubs on Monday in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Montero has a .

ORILLIA, Ont. — Police have found the body of a swimmer who went missing near Orillia, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say the man, who is originally from India, was swept away by a current in the Green River in the Township of Ramara, Ont.

OTTAWA — A senior representative for Iraq's Kurdish region is defending her people's plan to hold a referendum on independence, saying they simply want to exercise the same right to self-determination as Quebecers.

OTTAWA — Canada's Far North is getting the short end of the stick on a major federal investment aimed at reducing gender-based violence, advocates say, because the money is being meted out based on the size of a region's population, rather than need.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police say they believe the deaths of two First Nations people at a home in Thunder Bay, Ont, are homicides. Thunder Bay police say they were called to a home on Sunday where they discovered two bodies.

TORONTO — A service dog named Princess has been reunited with her owner after being taken and missing for almost 20 hours in Toronto. Police say the dog was found three kilometres from where she was last seen around 2 a.m. on Sunday.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Childhood was never like this. A company in southern Alberta has found an unexpected luxury market that involves the lifestyles of the rich and famous, their offspring and its own reality TV show.

MONTREAL — It was a game of lacrosse like few get to see: a group of youths, shirtless and mostly barefoot, with no helmets or padding, racing after a leather ball with hand-made wooden sticks.

AJAX, Ont. — Police say a 76-year-old woman is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after an alleged hit-and-run in Ajax, Ont. Durham regional police say the incident occurred around 10 p.m. Sunday as the woman was walking across a road.

Halifax is booming, its skyline awash with construction cranes, and Ontario native Jesse Rodgers can tell you why. Rodgers, a veteran of Waterloo's tech startup scene, moved to the Nova Scotia capital a year ago with his wife and four kids.