Ontario News

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market pulled back Tuesday as energy and financial companies lost ground, while big names like Home Capital Group and Valeant Pharmaceuticals soared. The S&P/TSX composite index fell 82.

EDMONTON — Natural Resources Canada is forecasting an average wildfire season for much of the country this year.

MONTREAL — As water levels in Quebec showed signs of dropping slightly Tuesday, authorities urged people to be patient and warned the situation will not return to normal for several weeks.

HALIFAX — William Sandeson's lawyer is challenging the memory of a neighbour and friend who says he saw a bloody man in the medical student's apartment.

EDMONTON — Research into the largest dinosaur eggs ever discovered took decades to hatch. A farmer in China unearthed the eggs, roughly half a metre long, some 30 years ago.

REGINA — Manitoba's energy minister is recharging the idea of building an east-west power transmission grid and says the federal government needs to help.

OTTAWA — After 68 years of resistance, Canada is changing its mind and plans to ratify an international treaty that affirms the labour rights of workers — a move that sets it apart from its NAFTA partners in the U.S. and Mexico.

OTTAWA — On Monday, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the government would work out with Ontario and Quebec who would cover what costs as part of the response to ongoing flooding.

DEUX MONTAGNES, Que. — As Liz Smart sat in a canoe outside her Montreal-area home, surrounded by several feet of water, she joked about having to make sure her husband's ashes were kept on high ground.

HAMILTON — A home invasion in an otherwise quiet Hamilton neighbourhood left one man shot and fighting for his life, his wife injured and nearby residents aghast at the violence, police and neighbours said on Tuesday.