Ontario News

QUINTE WEST, Ont. — A 70-year-old woman from Montreal is dead after a multi-vehicle collision in eastern Ontario.

OTTAWA — The Conference Board of Canada says it expects the economy to grow by 3.1 per cent this year, but cautioned growth will slow over the second half and into next year.

OTTAWA — So there's good news and there's bad news, golf fans: the good news is that watching golf can significantly improve your health and reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke or diabetes. The bad news: watching it on TV doesn't count.

TORONTO — A 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after two Toronto police officers were recorded mocking her during a traffic stop. Francie Munoz argues the behaviour displayed by Const.

TORONTO — Toyota Canada and Transition Energetique Quebec are going to study the need for hydrogen infrastructure to support the introduction of fuel cell vehicles in Quebec.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 1.5 per cent to $62.4 billion in July boosted by the building material and supplies subsector as well as the food, beverage and tobacco group.

NEW YORK — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau intends to use his speech to the United Nations General Assembly to tell a painful story about Canada's past, the struggles of its Indigenous peoples, and the long road ahead in addressing them.

VANCOUVER — The BC Utilities Commission has released a preliminary report into the future of the controversial $8.8-billion Site C dam project in the province's northeast.

OTTAWA — Canada's goal of increasing the flow of workers across the continent's borders has slammed into U.S. intransigence during the first two rounds of North American Free Trade Agreement talks.

OTTAWA — NAFTA negotiators appear to have adopted the lament of the White Rabbit: "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.