Ontario News

OTTAWA — The Liberals are blaming the previous Harper government for the failing grade they received in an independent audit of compliance with the Access to Information Act, saying the Conservatives left behind a badly damaged system.

Halifax Mayor Mike Savage says he's "comfortable" a city block sold to a developer will now carry the name of a telecommunications company.

Toronto's transit organization has apologized after inadvertently naming an upcoming emergency exercise after a notorious bombing campaign in the Vietnam War.

TORONTO — The Canadian women's rugby team will play three games on tour against England in November. The fourth-ranked Canadians will face No. 2 England at Allianz Park on Nov. 17 and at the Twickenham Stoop on Nov.

OTTAWA — The need to establish a new Indigenous Services ministry could complicate First Nations housing in the short term, but the system will be more streamlined and effective in the long haul, says the head of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Ontario's Special Investigations Unit says it's looking into the death of a 26-year-old woman in Windsor, Ont. The SIU says city police arrested the woman for an unspecified reason on Sept. 4 and took her into custody.

TORONTO — Johnny Manziel won't be kick-starting his pro football career in the CFL this season.

TORONTO — Bargaining talks have resumed between General Motors and more than 2,500 striking workers at a southern Ontario automotive assembly plant. Negotiations initially broke down shortly after the employees of the CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont.

OTTAWA — A soldier has been been charged with sexual assault and behaving in a disgraceful manner. The Department of National Defence says the alleged crime happened at a social event in December 2016 at Canadian Forces Base Shilo in Manitoba.

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Sept.