Ontario News

Five stories in the news for Thursday, Sept.

TORONTO — A night out an east-end Toronto restaurant turned tragic for a family of four on Wednesday evening when a mother and her two-year-old daughter died after being struck by a car. Toronto police Sgt.

EDMONTON — An Alberta town is planning to pull a different kind of energy from the abandoned oil and gas wells that ring its outskirts.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — An Ontario town council has voted unanimously to reject a plan to demolish the historic Glen Abbey golf course despite its heritage status.

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Cam Dineen scored twice, including the overtime winner, as the North Bay Battalion edged the Sudbury Wolves 6-5 on Wednesday night in Ontario Hockey League action.

HALIFAX — Several thousand people lined up early Wednesday to enter Ikea Halifax, as the firm launched the first of its 12 openings across Canada amidst circus performers, political speeches and a Swedish flag raising.

VANCOUVER — The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside a government decision approving the expansion of Kinder Morgan's oil pipeline through the Coldwater Indian Band reserve south of Merritt, B.C.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are working on an apology for the Canadian government's decision in 1939 to turn away a boat of German Jews hoping to seek asylum in Canada, The Canadian Press has learned. Some wanted the apology for the MS St.

TORONTO — The Ontario government has named an advisory group of business and government leaders to help tackle persistently high unemployment rates among people with disabilities.

OTTAWA — The most contentious issues in talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement have not been introduced by the United States, the Canadian foreign minister said Wednesday as the third round of talks between Canada, the U.S.