Ontario News

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week during a visit to the country that will include a brief stop in the Palestinian territories.

TORONTO — Home Capital Group Inc. says its high-interest savings accounts rose Wednesday, a sign the cash-strapped lender may be turning itself around after customers began running away amid a funding crisis that erupted nearly a month ago.

OTTAWA — The new proposed official languages commissioner says she had contact before the nomination process with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's two closest advisers to express her interest in the job.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index held steady Thursday as investor worries over the ability of U.S. President Donald Trump to push ahead with his pro-business agenda amid political scandal were temporarily quelled.

OTTAWA — Marc-Andre Fleury or Matt Murray? The Pittsburgh Penguins aren't saying which of their two goaltenders will start Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final.

TORONTO — A campaign to raise money for a prize recognizing emerging indigenous writers has blown well past its $10,000 goal.

TORONTO — Ontario's doctors, who have been without a contract for three years, have reached a tentative agreement with the government to secure binding arbitration — a sticking point in their long dispute with the province.

HALIFAX — As Air Canada Flight 624 made its final, ill-fated approach toward Halifax's main airport in a raging blizzard, no one in the cockpit was checking the plane's altitude or distance from the runway.

TORONTO — The investor sometimes called Canada's Warren Buffett says he remains bullish on global economic growth led by the United States, despite the turmoil in President Donald Trump's White House.

Ottawa is completely within its rights to impose a carbon tax on any province because protecting the environment falls under federal jurisdiction, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Thursday.