Ontario News

TORONTO — Falling metals and materials stocks pulled the Toronto stock market moderately lower Wednesday, while the U.S. central bank announced it was leaving its key interest rate unchanged. The S&P/TSX composite index fell 76.

RIGAUD, Que. — Rising water levels continued to flood various regions of Quebec on Wednesday, with parts of the Montreal area hit particularly hard by the impact of heavy rains.

Toronto home sales dipped in April compared to a year ago, a sign that Canada's hottest housing market may be cooling down, though prices continued to climb at a dizzying pace.

OTTAWA — The head of an agency that has spent years shining a light for Canadians on the sometimes-opaque world of government spending is slamming the Trudeau government for its plan to give his office a makeover.

HALIFAX — A Dalhousie medical student told police two men dressed in black spandex morph suits came into his apartment, shot a drug dealer in the head, and then stuffed him into a black bag.

OTTAWA — Aging baby boomers are once again getting the lion's share of attention as they swell the ranks of the oldest people in the country.

HALIFAX — (NSElxn-Tories-Doctors) Progressive Conservative Leader Jamie Baillie has announced his plan to reduce doctor shortages in the province. Baillie says his government would spend $13.5 million over four years to recruit more physicians.

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, May 3 ——— NOTLEY SAYS PROVINCE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FORT MCMURRAY: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley returned to Fort McMurray a year after a fierce wildfire destroyed 10 per cent of the city and told its

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Pride committee in St. John's, N.L., has reversed course and invited uniformed police officers to march in the city's Pride parade this July. As police forces across Canada face restrictions or bans at Pride events, St.

HALIFAX — Name: Gary Burrill Party: New Democratic Party Age: 61 Hometown: Woodstock, N.B. (with family roots in Yarmouth, N.S.