Ontario News

OTTAWA — Celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary dropped out of the Conservative leadership race and pledged to back Quebec MP Maxime Bernier's campaign all the way to decision day, but the duo are also working on a plan for afterwards.

TORONTO — Canada's money-laundering watchdog is studying the use of crowdfunding platforms by suspected terrorists and says in an internal study that the reporting protocol poses a "significant challenge" in trying to identify such transactions.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberals released an election platform Wednesday that included a total of $1.08 billion in spending commitments and tax cuts over four years, along with promises to do more for those on income assistance.

HALIFAX — An ejected Tory candidate says she is looking into continuing her bid for public office, as she traded fresh barbs with the party's leader about whether she faced a double standard when she was dropped because of online comments.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's three Green members will use their increased political clout to fight Kinder Morgan's $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, party leader Andrew Weaver says.

CALGARY — The father of a man officers shot dead in a hotel room says his family would be keen to participate in an independent review into the use of lethal force by the Calgary Police Service.

EDMONTON — The grandfather of a four-year-old girl who died under suspicious circumstances in government care in 2014 says police have yet to ask the family about it.

CALGARY — A Polish man's effort to circumnavigate the globe on two wheels came to a screeching halt when his scooter was struck by a car on the TransCanada Highway east of Calgary.

MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid tribute to Montreal's founders and highlighted the city's cultural diversity on Wednesday as he joined the festivities in honour of the city's 375th birthday.

MONTREAL — Several thousand police officers held a march in Montreal during the city's 375 birth celebrations on Wednesday to draw attention to the fact they've been without a contract for three years.