Ontario News

TORONTO — Police say a man in his 30s who fell more than seven metres outside the Eaton Centre mall in downtown Toronto has died.

OTTAWA — Canadian special forces have left the city of Mosul and are now backing up Iraqi forces as they prepare to assault one of the Islamic State group's last strongholds in the country.

OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has ordered the central bureaucracy that serves the prime minister and cabinet to partially release pages of information on four senators at the heart of the 2013 Senate spending scandal, ruling they were improperly wit

TORONTO — Corey Chamblin has his sack artist back. Defensive linemen Victor Butler and Cleyon Laing return Saturday when Toronto (4-7) hosts the Edmonton Eskimos (7-4) at BMO Field.

TORONTO — It was an especially flat day for Canada's main stock index Friday, with the energy sector among major decliners despite oil prices continuing to hover around the US$50 mark. The S&P/TSX composite index squeaked out 0.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Police are asking people not to post pictures of a woman's torso, found earlier this week in Lake Ontario, on social media.

NEWMARKET, Ont. — Health officials say a bat has tested positive for the rabies virus in Richmond Hill, Ont. — the first confirmed rabies case in York Region this year.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames and their city are taking their negotiations public on a new NHL arena projected to cost $555 million.

OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says forest producers in Canada have so far been largely unharmed by the duties the United States imposed on Canadian softwood imports earlier this year.

TORONTO — Canadian researchers say they've found evidence that the ancient ancestors of modern-day frogs were once keen predators with thousands of teeth to help devour their prey.