Ontario News

OTTAWA — Former Ontario cabinet minister Madeleine Meilleur has formally been nominated as the country's official languages commissioner.

HALIFAX — An attempted break-in at a Halifax apartment has resulted in an unexpected apology — and a six-pack of "apology beer.

TORONTO — Home Capital Group is looking to expedite its search for a new CEO, director Allan Hibben said Monday as the mortgage lender tries to right itself in the wake of a funding crisis stemming from allegations from Ontario's securities watchdog.

Highlights from the news file for Monday, May 15 ——— INDEFINITE IMMIGRATION DETENTION UNDER FIRE: Canada's immigration regime allows for indefinite and arbitrary detention and is therefore unconstitutional, Federal Court heard Monday.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's NDP announced Monday it would add close to $1 billion in red ink over four years, citing Justin Trudeau's deficit spending as a model for the East Coast province.

REGINA — A sentencing hearing for a man who stabbed his former girlfriend to death when they were both 16 is hearing about what his life has been like in custody.

TORONTO — The Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies is joining a call for a coroner's inquest into the recent deaths of aboriginal youth living in group homes in the province.

TORONTO — A new Australian commercial that features disgraced Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson making light of doping has drawn criticism from the country's sport minister and prompted its anti-doping agency to lodge an official complaint.

OTTAWA — A Liberal election promise to overhaul the way asylum claims are handled has been postponed indefinitely despite increased numbers of people seeking refuge which put the system at risk, The Canadian Press has learned.

CRANBROOK, B.C. — A date has been set for a verdict in the trial of two British Columbia men accused of polygamy. A B.C.