Ontario News

Toronto police say they're investigating the possibility that a massive fire at a waterfront recycling facility last month was caused by fireworks.

OTTAWA — The federal justice minister's office says it spent $707,000 in legal fees following a landmark human rights tribunal decision on First Nations child welfare.

TORONTO — U.S. stock markets shrugged off weaker than expected jobs data and hit all-time highs on Friday, while lower oil prices weighed on the Toronto stock market. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index retreated 27.

TORONTO — Trainer Mark Casse remains unsure whether State of Honor will run in the $1-million Queen's Plate, and if he does what path the horse will take to Canada's most prestigious thoroughbred race.

MONTREAL — The softwood lumber dispute with the United States could be resolved before the NAFTA renegotiation gets underway in mid-August, says Quebec's softwood lumber envoy. Raymond Chretien, former Canadian ambassador to the U.S.

OTTAWA — The mayors of Canada's biggest cities say they need a slice of the tax windfall from legal marijuana to cover what they describe as significant costs associated with enforcing a signature initiative from the federal Liberals.

MONTREAL — Raif Badawi's children are appealing to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to personally call Saudi Arabian authorities to ask for their father to be freed as the fifth anniversary of his imprisonment looms.

VANCOUVER — Doctors who provide assisted death are meeting for the first time since the service became legal in Canada to discuss how some eligible patients are not getting the help they need to end their lives because of confusion over one phrase in

TORONTO — Geoffrey Bercarich has been making "ghost bikes" for fallen cyclists for more than a decade, but he's never made one this small.

MONTREAL — Quebec's finance minister says he has no plans in the near term to introduce a foreign buyer's tax on Montreal homes but is open to the idea if one is needed.