Ontario News

MONTREAL — A candidate in a Quebec provincial byelection has triggered controversy with a campaign poster that criticizes Canadian multiculturalism and shows a photo of a woman wearing a niqab.

TORONTO — Maria Sharapova has been awarded a wild card for the Rogers Cup in August in her comeback from a 15-month doping ban. Since her return, the former No. 1 player has used wild cards to play three events on the WTA Tour.

TORONTO — It was intended as a celebration but turned into a nightmare. Two days after he was robbed at gunpoint, IndyCar driver Scott Dixon reflected on the harrowing experience that was a big "contrast coming from a country with no guns.

RED DEER, Alta. — Educators and RCMP are trying to keep the peace at a central Alberta school after someone posted a video on social media of a fight between a small group of Syrian and Canadian students.

BARRINGTON, N.S. — More than $3 million worth of lobster is at the centre of a complex, international case involving fraud and theft allegations against three men from southwestern Nova Scotia, RCMP said Tuesday.

Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore is making a $10,000 donation to the Hospital for Sick Children.

TORONTO — A long-awaited report on labour laws in Ontario was released Tuesday, recommending wide-ranging updates to workers' rights.

HALIFAX — (NSElxn) The leaders of Nova Scotia's three main political parties were focused on the provincial capital Tuesday.

TORONTO — The growing world of esports grabbed Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment's attention last August when the Air Canada Centre hosted the North American "League of Legends" championship.

TORONTO — Theatregoers in Toronto will soon come face to face with a piece of local history that once represented a new beginning for generations of newcomers to the city.