Ontario News

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the value of building permits issued by municipalities fell in March for the second consecutive month, due in large part to a drop in plans for apartment buildings, particularly in B.C. and Ontario.

TORONTO — George Weston Ltd. (TSX:WN) is reporting a 189 per cent increase to its first-quarter profit, mostly because of improved results from its stake in Loblaw (TSX:L).

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia Liberal candidate who was dropped over comments he made on social media in 2013 is apologizing for his behaviour.

TORONTO — Six books and three poetry titles have been shortlisted in English-language categories for the 2017 Trillium Book Award celebrating Ontario-based writers.

Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, May 9 ——— BODY OF MAN MISSING IN QUEBEC FLOODS FOUND; CHILD STILL MISSING Police in Quebec say the body of Mike Gagnon, 37, of Saint-Anne-des-Monts, has been recovered not far from where a strong current pulled

EDMONTON — Members of an indigenous community in central Alberta are angry that strangers are using social media to attack the mother of a toddler who was found dead near a church last month.

WASHINGTON — A phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law set off a frantic scramble ending in sighs of relief across three national capitals that the North American Free Trade Agreement would survive.

MONTREAL — More than 1,500 soldiers hit the ground Monday to help Quebecers deal with "historic" flooding that has caused widespread damage and evacuations and sparked a desperate search for a man and a toddler whose vehicle swerved off a waterlogged

TORONTO — Edwin Encarnacion felt the love before the game. Kevin Pillar had everyone talking after it. Pillar added to his growing list of all-world defensive plays with an eye-popping diving catch in deep centre field on Monday night.

WINNIPEG — A lost First World War soldier whose remains were discovered nearly six years ago outside a French village has been identified as a young private from Manitoba. Pte. Reginald Joseph Winfield Johnston of Fairford, Man.