Ontario News

Police in Belize say a Canadian man remains in custody as a "person on interest" in connection with the deaths of a Toronto woman and her American boyfriend this week.

CALGARY — A jury has begun deliberating whether a man is guilty in the hit-and-run death of a gas station worker who chased after him when he drove off without paying for $113 in fuel.

MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave a quick speech lauding his government's new policy on how the Liberals raise money during his first fundraiser since the party put the new rules in place.

OTTAWA — University of Regina linebacker Michael Stefanovic had an anti-doping rule violation asserted against him by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport on Thursday after he tested positive during an out-of-competition doping control.

CRANBROOK, B.C. — The defence in a trial of two Mormon fundamentalists charged with polygamy has questioned the reliability of religious records and evidence supporting the indictment during closing arguments in B.C. Supreme Court.

EDMONTON — Premier Rachel Notley and her NDP hit the halfway point of their term Friday, riding an orange wave of popularity into office to lead Alberta's sluggish economy toward a green future, buoyed for now by barrels of red ink.

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. — The police chief in Bridgewater, N.S., has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenaged girl.

TORONTO — Queen Latifah is hoping that her role in a movie about the Flint water crisis will bring more attention to what she calls one of the great American tragedies of this century.

OTTAWA — Canadians finally have the same protection against genetic discrimination as citizens in other countries — at least for now. The Genetic Non-Discrimination Act has received royal assent and is now the law of the land.

OTTAWA — The head of the Bank of Canada says a broad-based hike in American tariffs would lower U.S. economic output after about five years — whether or not other countries retaliate with their own protectionist measures.