Ontario News

TORONTO — A former federal politician has lost his bid to have his convictions for electoral offences overturned.

CRANBROOK, B.C. — A British Columbia woman wants her conviction overturned after she was sentenced to seven months in jail for taking a 13-year-old girl to the United States to marry the leader of a polygamous church.

Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi says the city remains at the negotiating table for a new NHL arena even though the Flames have declared they've pulled out of talks.

CALGARY — The Calgary Police Service has welcomed one of its four-legged members back to active duty after the dog recovered from numerous stab wounds to his head suffered during a break-and-enter investigation.

CALGARY — A University of Calgary researcher is asking for the public's help in locating pieces of a meteor that lit up the sky before crashing to earth in southeastern British Columbia on Labour Day. The meteor was seen by witnesses across B.C.

ORO-MEDONTE, Ont. — Police are urging drivers to be cautious after a car recently collided with a bear in central Ontario. Provincial police say the incident took place late Wednesday night in Oro-Medonte, Ont., near Barrie.

WETASKIWIN, Alta. — Volunteers with an animal sanctuary south of Edmonton are celebrating the safe return of a blind goat named Daisy who they believed had been abducted from their property earlier this week.

TORONTO — Making the Tragically Hip tour documentary "Long Time Running" was a shotgun project of sorts for its filmmakers.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is taking so long to unveil its promised sentencing reforms that a Toronto legal agency has decided it would be irresponsible to delay a charter challenge for a young woman facing a mandatory minimum penalty.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police are trying to identify the body of a male found in the St. Lawrence River east of Kingston, Ont. The body was found Wednesday morning by a boater near Milton Island.