Ontario News

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's New Democrats are touting a tax-the-rich plan they say will address growing income inequality in the province.

TORONTO — A 51-win season and a second-round appearance in the post-season wasn't good enough for Masai Ujiri.

OTTAWA — Lost in the furor over Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan's claims to have been the "architect" of a decade-old battle in Afghanistan are fears that country is again on the edge of failure.

MONCTON, N.B. — An RCMP officer recalled feeling blood stream down her body as she fled a gunman who shot her twice and killed three other Mounties during a 2014 shooting spree. Const.

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba politician is planning to repay a $5,000 cellphone bill he racked up while on a tropical vacation.

OTTAWA — Anyone who has wondered how much money it would take to buy Justin Trudeau now has an answer. The cheapest life-size-but-lifeless version of the prime minister cost $63.

OTTAWA — The RCMP created, then suddenly abandoned, a tool to crunch electronic message trails gathered during criminal investigations — a previously unknown foray into the controversial realm of big-data analysis.

TORONTO — Four Toronto men lived a lavish lifestyle, spending money as fast as it came in on items such as expensive cologne and shoes, as part of an alleged identity theft ring that bilked banks out of $10 million, according to police.

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TORONTO — A regulation requiring restaurants in Ontario to display calorie counts on menus is "overly simplistic," Freshii said Tuesday after inspectors were dispatched to ensure the company was complying.