Ontario News

TORONTO — Police have laid a manslaughter charge against a man accused of attacking a 90-year-old resident at a Toronto hospital.

MONTREAL — A suspected case of arson at a funeral home with reported ties to a major organized crime family in Montreal is being investigated by police.

TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Baring Private Equity Asia have signed a deal to take Nord Anglia Education private in a transaction that values the international school company at US$4.3 billion, including debt.

TORONTO — The first round of the NHL playoffs attracted an average of 1.3 million viewers to Sportsnet and CBC. Sportsnet says the five series featuring Canadian teams drew an average audience of 1.8 million. According to numbers from Numeris, 22.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police northwest of Toronto are looking for two men they say abandoned a badly injured dog that later had to be put down. Peel regional police say it happened earlier this month in Brampton, Ont.

BURLINGTON, Ont. — Halton Region police hope the discovery of a wallet in a field can help lead them to a 79-year-old Burlington, Ont., woman who's been missing since July 5, 2016.

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, April 25 ——— U.S.

VICTORIA — It's show time in British Columbia's election campaign with Wednesday's debate between the three party leaders offering a high-stakes chance to leave a mark on the campaign with about two weeks to the finish line.

A selection of quotes on the latest softwood-lumber dispute between Canada and the United States. ——— "The government of Canada strongly disagrees with (this) decision to impose an unfair and punitive duty.

The United States has fired the opening shot in a latest softwood-lumber war against Canada, with the Trump administration announcing its first batch of duties on imported wood in the neighbourhood of 20 per cent.