Ontario News

TORONTO — Home Capital Group said it's grappling with recent "reputational" events as it reported a slight dip in first-quarter profits compared to a year ago.

OTTAWA — The federal government is setting up an advisory panel to look at the possibility of reopening prison farms in Kingston, Ont., that were closed by the former Conservative government.

OTTAWA — Retaliation is not on Marc Methot's mind as the Ottawa Senators prepare to take on Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL Eastern Conference Final.

TORONTO — NHL playoff television ratings took a slight dip in the second round in series involving Canadian teams, according to a release from Rogers Sportsnet. The network said in a release Thursday that an average of 1.

KINTAIL, Ont. — Ontario Provincial police have reopened the area around one of two farms they cordoned off in an effort to locate a man involved in an alleged weapons-related incident.

WINNIPEG — Mounties in northern Manitoba have opened an investigation into the case of a dog badly burned after being thrown into a firepit.

TORONTO — UFC president Dana White has pulled the plug on Georges St-Pierre's comeback fight against middleweight champion Michael Bisping. St-Pierre, who has not fought since November 2013, says he is ready to fight after October.

TORONTO — Ontarians will see lowered hydro bills for the next 10 years, but will then pay higher costs for the following 20 years, under new legislation tabled Thursday.

WASHINGTON — A few holes have already been blown into the story of why Donald Trump fired the director of the FBI — with some self-inflicted blasts coming from the president himself. Doubt was cast Thursday on about five elements of the story.

KINGSTON, Ont. — A seven-vehicle crash along a stretch of one of Canada's busiest highways has left four people dead and sent two others to hospital, police said Thursday. Sgt.