Ontario News

OAKVILLE, Ont. — The Toronto Rock rewarded head coach Matt Sawyer for guiding the team back to the post-season by signing him to a contract extension Thursday.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index finished on a flat note Thursday as investors looked for some direction after a second day of falling oil prices. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index pulled back 9.71 points to 15,160.

TORONTO — Home Capital Group, the lender that appeared at risk of collapse earlier this year, looks to have put some of its troubles behind it, easing fears it could trigger a real estate slump and broader problems for the country's financial system.

VANCOUVER — Officials with the Vancouver Aquarium say they have applied for a judicial review aimed at overturning a park board bylaw banning whales, dolphins and porpoises from its facility in Stanley Park. The aquarium says it is asking the B.C.

OTTAWA — A increase in asylum claims in Canada could eventually mean a staggering 11-year wait for a hearing and $2.97 billion in social supports for claimants in the meantime, an internal government analysis has concluded.

CALGARY — A Calgary man accused of filming women without their knowledge and posting their images to a Twitter account called "Canada Creep" has been granted bail.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government will press ahead with plans for a weekly prime minister's question period, but is giving up trying to codify it in the formal House of Commons rules.

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TORONTO — Ontario is on the hook for more than $100 million and counting to compensate teachers and education workers for violating their rights.

HUNTSVILLE, Ont. — A couple from Huntsville, Ont., is facing charges after allegedly resorting to fraud to buy a pickup truck. Provincial police say the transaction took place in May at a local Ford dealership.