Ontario News

BLANDFORD BLENHEIM TOWNSHIP, Ont. — A 67-year-old man has died after his plane crashed in southern Ontario. Provincial police say the crash took place early Sunday morning in Blandford Blenheim Township.

SANDY LAKE, Ont. — A 24-year-old man is facing a murder charge after a death earlier this month in the northwestern Ontario community of Sandy Lake First Nation.

TORONTO — Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it has committed about US$500 million to become the majority partner in IndoSpace Core, a joint venture with IndoSpace that will buy and develop logistics facilities in India.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia man is going to court to try to have his last name — Grabher — reinstated on a personalized licence plate, arguing the removal violates his Charter rights despite at least one complaint that it is offensive to women.

OTTAWA — For 16 years, Maggy Gisle thought her lot in life was to be a "junkie, a prostitute and a drug dealer.

LONDON — A new study on business leaders has found that CEOs in North America are increasingly being turfed for so-called "ethical lapses.

VICTORIA — Don't be surprised if, in the coming days, you happen to spot White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer peeking out from behind a bush near you. What began as a bit of whimsy on the part of a Victoria, B.C.

A painting found in a thrift shop a little over a year ago will finally be sold this week — for at least $45,000.

Six stories in the news for Monday, May 15 ——— LIBERAL PROMISE FOR REFUGEE REFORM ON HOLD The Canadian Press has learned that a Liberal election promise to overhaul the way asylum claims are handled has been postponed indefinitely.

HALIFAX — The trial resumes today for a former medical school student charged in the death of another university student whose body has never been found.