Ontario News

HALIFAX — A poet didn't make history in Halifax last week, but she might have been the catalyst for changing how the city commemorates its history.

HALIFAX — A geologist using aerial photos appears to have solved a mystery over the origin of the headstones for victims of the Titanic buried in a Halifax cemetery.

Five stories in the news for Monday, April 17 ——— DEFENCE MINISTER HARJIT SAJJAN VISITS INDIA Military matters, trade, culture and innovation are among the issues Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will be discussing during a trip to India.

TORONTO — Make it six Players' Championship titles for Jennifer Jones. The Winnipeg skip downed Edmonton's Val Sweeting 8-4 on Sunday to capture the Players' Championship for the sixth time in her career. "It's amazing," said Jones.

LONDON, Ont. — Mitchell Stephens scored in overtime as the London Knights forced a deciding Game 7 in their Ontario Hockey League Western Conference semifinal with a 2-1 victory over the Erie Otters.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays lost yet another game and yet another player to injury Sunday, as starter J.A. Happ exited in the fifth inning with left elbow soreness before the Baltimore Orioles slugged their way to a dominant 11-4 win.

TORONTO — Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa is giving strong hints that the government's much-anticipated house affordability package will include measures targeting real estate speculators, or as he calls them "property scalpers.

VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark often highlights the fact British Columbia has the lowest jobless rate in Canada, but rural and remote areas in the province are struggling with major industry downturns and job losses.

TORONTO — The banged-up Toronto Maple Leafs got a day to catch their breath Sunday after a double-overtime Game 2 thriller sent them home from Washington with a split.

TORONTO — Kyle Lowry sat slumped in his seat, still wearing the frustration of the previous night's shocking loss to Milwaukee.