Ontario News

TORONTO — The Ontario Energy Board says that starting in May, electricity ratepayers will see some of the reductions from the government's promise to cut bills by an average of 17 per cent.

WASHINGTON — If Donald Trump sounds like he's in a hurry to start renegotiating NAFTA, it's because he is. He says so.

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OTTAWA — The federal government says it's trying to figure out how much its troubled electronic pay system has shortchanged the unions representing thousands of civil servants facing unforeseen pay issues.

TORONTO — Canada's prime minister said Friday that he plans to be respectful and engage the United States with a fact-based approach to solving problems a day after President Donald Trump called Canada a "disgrace" for policies that hurt American far

TORONTO — A company that argued the fairness and integrity of Canada's public-procurement process has been compromised is calling on the government to legislate changes now that the country's top court has refused to get involved in the case.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's trade-policy minister says he's confident Atlantic Canadian lumber exports will remain excluded from U.S. duties once President Donald Trump sees the facts.

OTTAWA — A handful of Syrian refugees paid their sponsors to come to Canada, a government study published Friday reveals.

MONTREAL — Quebec is budgeting $6.4 million over five years to create a special police unit dedicated to fighting sexual exploitation by targeting pimps and johns, the province's public security minister said Friday.

OTTAWA — The country's annual inflation rate slowed to an unexpectedly weak pace last month as the continued decline in food prices played a big role in offsetting the higher cost of gasoline, Statistics Canada said Friday.