Ontario News

TORONTO — It was like old times for slugger Edwin Encarnacion on Monday afternoon at Rogers Centre.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Police say a former employee of the Insurance Corp. of British Columbia has pleaded guilty in a case where people connected with the Justice Institute of B.C. were targeted with firebombings and shootings.

TORONTO — The federal government says it's reviewing a policy that forbids staff in Canada's passport offices from helping disabled applicants fill out their forms.

VANCOUVER — A look at some key developments from Day 28 of the B.C. election campaign for each of the parties: Greens: — Green party Leader Andrew Weaver refused to say which party he would work with in case of a minority government.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister cited security concerns Monday as he refused to answer opposition questions about how he stays in touch with staff while at his vacation home in Costa Rica.

WASHINGOTN, United States — A fired U.S. federal employee says she tried sounding the alarm with the White House that Donald Trump's top national security official was vulnerable to being blackmailed by the Russian government.

OTTAWA — A former Manitoba premier and one-time Canadian ambassador to the United States has been tabbed to play hardball for Alberta's softwood lumber industry in Washington.

TORONTO — No matter how the question was posed, Kyle Lowry wouldn't bite. The Toronto Raptors point guard will opt out of the final year of his contract and become a free agent, and a lucrative deal beckons.

OTTAWA — The Senate defence committee released a report Monday blasting the Trudeau government's "political decision" to purchase Super Hornet fighter jets, while all but endorsing the F-35 stealth fighter.

REGINA — Husky Energy is going to see how much more oil — if any — can be cleaned up from a major spill last July along the North Saskatchewan River.