Ontario News

QUEBEC — The Quebec government is offering as much as $300 million in loans and loan guarantees to help protect the province's forestry sector against softwood lumber duties levied by the United States.

EDMONTON — Alberta is looking at building a new operations centre to better manage how it responds to disasters such as the Fort McMurray wildfire.

Ottawa 67's head coach and general manager Jeff Brown has resigned for personal reasons. Brown said in a release that moving to Ottawa has been difficult at times for his family.

TORONTO — Lou Lamoriello described the Maple Leafs storybook season as a "step" and nothing more. "It's a step and then now it's our job to convince the players that it's only a step," said Toronto's general manager.

CALGARY — A couple accused of abusing their two nieces and a nephew with implements that included wooden spoons, needles and barbecue forks are to learn their fate in June.

TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservatives fundraised more money than the Liberals and NDP in the first quarter of 2017, and despite restrictive new rules, they even beat their own first-quarter total from last year. New rules kicked in Jan.

CHARLOTTETOWN — When it comes to recycling and composting, residents of Prince Edward Island can now boast they're the best in Canada. The P.E.I.

WINNIPEG — Great-West Lifeco will cut 1,500 positions over the next two years in response to changing technology and customer expectations, the financial services company said Tuesday.

OTTAWA — With Canada and the United States at war over softwood lumber, the Liberal government decided the time was right to look eastward for a new customer: China. The prime minister announced the decision after a meeting with the Chinese premier.

HALIFAX — Public health officials have linked six deaths at a Halifax nursing home to an ongoing outbreak of respiratory illness.