Ontario News

HALIFAX — Hurricane Jose's slow crawl northwards means Nova Scotia will be shrouded with cloudy skies this week as rough surf pounds the Atlantic coast.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's premier says if Ottawa wants to change the rules of the regulatory process for the Energy East pipeline, it should pay the added costs.

TORONTO — Ontario plans to introduce tough new penalties for drug-impaired drivers ahead of the legalization of recreational marijuana next July.

TORONTO — Food bank visits in Canada's most populous city are back up to levels seen after the last recession hit the country, with a spike in the number of seniors accessing their services in the last year, according to a report released Monday.

CALGARY — Canada's second-largest chain of movie theatres is being sold to a Belgian firm for about $123 million.

SASKATOON — A senior Bank of Canada official said Monday the central bank is seeing encouraging signs that exports and business investment are broadening and strengthening.

TORONTO — The first-degree murder conviction handed to a man who beat, strangled and mutilated a young woman before dumping her near-naked body on a trail 11 years ago was upheld Monday.

TORONTO — A forthcoming report says that Canada’s proposed national securities regulator has key flaws that need to be addressed before it's launched prior to the end of next year. The new paper by the C.D.

TORONTO — A real estate agent shot at a crowded Toronto restaurant over the weekend laughed at his attacker right before bullets were fired, the establishment's owner recounted Monday.

CHARLOTTETOWN — More than 94,000 people in P.E.I. have received an unauthorized spam message from the P.E.I. government.