Ontario News

CALGARY — A provincial court judge has ordered a Calgary man to stand trial in the killing of a woman and her five-year-old daughter.

TORONTO — It's not hard to pick out James Wilder Jr. at the Toronto Argonauts training camp. At six foot three and 232 pounds, the 25-year-old Tampa native is the biggest running back on the CFL team's roster.

OTTAWA — Guy Boucher called the Ottawa Senators' playoff run a "gigantic step" in the right direction, but cautioned the team should be prepared to start "from scratch" next season.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index barely advanced Monday amid a quiet trading session while U.S. markets took the day off for Memorial Day. In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index inched up 4.98 points to 15,421.

TORONTO — A controversial Ontario politician who was kicked out of the Progressive Conservative caucus over the weekend is casting doubt on the official party story about his removal.

VATICAN CITY — Canadians are anxious to reconcile with Indigenous Peoples, Justin Trudeau described telling Pope Francis on Monday as he asked the pontiff to apologize for the role the Catholic Church played in the tragedy of residential schools.

OTTAWA — An editorial in the latest Canadian Medical Association Journal says the Trudeau government's plan to legalize marijuana will put young people at risk by setting 18 as the benchmark minimum age for buying pot.

Highlights from the news file for Monday, May 29 ——— POPE OPEN TO RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS APOLOGY, PM SAYS: Canadians are anxious to reconcile with Indigenous Peoples, Justin Trudeau described telling Pope Francis on Monday as he asked the pontiff to apo

OTTAWA — Manitoba MP Niki Ashton is expecting a baby in November, the NDP leadership hopeful announced Monday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — One of the largest oil developments to be approved in Canada this year lit up Newfoundland and Labrador's bleak economic outlook as Husky Energy announced an expanded West White Rose project.