Ontario News

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is opening the competition for its $950-million "supercluster" program that aims to bring together industry and academia as a way to lift the innovation economy.

TORONTO — Police say a man wanted after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted on a GO Transit bus has turned himself in.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Premier Dwight Ball says he wants answers about what happened last week when people had to be swiftly airlifted out of Mud Lake, N.L.

MONTREAL — Quebec construction sites fell idle Wednesday after a union alliance representing about 175,000 workers launched an unlimited general strike, crippling activity on major projects such as the Champlain Bridge and a Montreal superhospital.

TORONTO — The Bank of Montreal saw second-quarter profits from its U.S. personal and commercial banking business dip from a year ago, but it still increased its net income by 28 per cent and boosted its quarterly dividend.

TORONTO — Two women who endured years of sexual harassment as RCMP employees expressed mixed emotions as a landmark class-action suit against the force edged Wednesday toward final court approval.

HAMILTON — A man and a woman are facing charges after a man was allegedly kidnapped and held for several days in Hamilton.

TORONTO — Ontario's ombudsman is investigating how the government handles driver's licence suspensions, after hearing that some drivers didn't know for years their licence had been yanked.

OTTAWA — The federal government has been using a secret weapon to fight back against pressure from NATO and some allies like the United States to increase Canadian defence spending. The weapon? New math.

CALGARY — Alberta's child and youth advocate says the suicide of a 15-year-old indigenous boy reinforces how crucial it is that the voices of children in provincial care be heard.