Ontario News

OTTAWA — Veteran New Democrat MP Nathan Cullen is shrugging off the fact Jagmeet Singh is in no hurry to sit in the House of Commons, choosing to endorse the member of the Ontario legislature in his bid to lead the federal NDP.

TORONTO — After firing coach Mark Anscombe following a failed first crack at World Cup qualifying, Rugby Canada is starting to put the people in place to help turn around the men's national team program.

TORONTO — Careless drivers in Ontario causing death could soon be fined up to $50,000 as the government plans to introduce tougher penalties that will also crack down on distracted driving.

REGINA — A community youth worker says a teenager convicted in the murder of a 16-year-old girl is minimizing his role in her death.

TORONTO — Ontario is proposing legislation to introduce harsher penalties for careless and distracted driving.

SUDBURY, Ont. — Lawyers representing two Ontario Liberals charged with Election Act bribery offences will argue next month that the Crown hasn't proven its case and the matter should be thrown out.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is signalling his government will move cautiously on promised new cyberbullying legislation as it prepares its agenda for the legislature's fall session.

TORONTO — B.C. Lions linebacker Micah Awe was fined the maximum amount by the CFL on Wednesday for his hits on Calgary Stampeders running backs Jerome Messam and Roy Finch.

OTTAWA — Canada's multibillion-dollar plan to buy new warships for the navy isn't the only federal shipbuilding project sailing in uncharted waters.

BANGOR, Maine — A retired Mountie accused of smuggling narwhal tusks was sentenced Wednesday to five years and two months in a U.S. prison for related money-laundering counts. Gregory Logan, 60, of Saint John, N.B.