Ontario News

TORONTO — The Bank of Montreal's CEO is downplaying the consequences that would come from a possible correction in house prices, saying the real estate market "essentially heals itself.

OTTAWA — The Liberals are aiming to resolve a constitutional challenge over a retroactive Conservative law that ended a probe into RCMP destruction of gun registry records.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government should toughen up Canada's election law to better protect the voting process from foreign influence — and money — in time for the 2019 campaign, senators argue in a new report.

OTTAWA — Public perceptions about armed drones have been clouded by Hollywood, Canada's top soldier said Thursday as he insisted the Canadian Armed Forces won't be using its stealthy new technology for so-called black-ops missions like assassinations

OTTAWA — As Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr explores avenues in China to expand foreign investment in the oilsands, his government is being accused of allowing Chinese takeovers of Canadian firms with little regard for national security.

OTTAWA — Luis Fernando Monroy has literally found himself in the crosshairs of a Canadian foreign policy dilemma: Is Canada truly living up to its commitment to protecting ethnic and minority rights across the globe? In April 2013, he was shot three

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, June 8 ——— PREMIERS DESCEND ON WASHINGTON: Premiers from eight provinces and territories are in Washington for meetings related to the upcoming renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

KENORA, Ont. — A northwestern Ontario MP says a state of emergency has been declared in Eabametoong First Nation following a fire near the community's water purification plant's reservoir.

MONTREAL — An abandoned mine in western Quebec that was almost demolished due to its popularity has been named by a heritage group as one of Canada's 10 most endangered places.

OTTAWA — Provinces won't be able to use federal child-care funding to subsidize their own programs under the terms of a national framework set to be unveiled in the coming days.