Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has asked the leader of the Opposition to retract comments he made about her or face legal action.

TORONTO — Mark Casse will attempt to achieve a rare double Saturday.

TORONTO — Workers at Postmedia's National Post newspaper have announced plans to try to form a union. CWA Canada says it's working to organize the employees amid significant challenges in the media business.

TORONTO — The main index on the Toronto Stock Exchange fell Wednesday, despite big gains in the energy sector as the price of oil gained ground. The S&P/TSX composite index slipped a moderate 16.60 points to 15,126.

WASHINGTON — There's a stampede to share a stage with Bernie Sanders. Once again, the socialist senator has introduced a bill to bring Canadian-style, single-payer health care to the United States.

TORONTO — Ontario's third cap-and-trade auction has sold out of all allowances. The September auction follows two similarly successful efforts in March and June, all of which are aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions in the province.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says people have a choice: Start paying health-care premiums like residents in some other jurisdictions or prepare to see services cut.

Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Sept. 13 ——— COURT UPHOLDS DEL MASTRO CONVICTIONS: A former federal politician has lost his bid to have his convictions for electoral offences overturned.

MEMRAMCOOK, N.B. — A Nova Scotia Mountie who worked to educate the public about the need to slow down when driving past emergency vehicles was killed after being struck while helping motorists change a flat tire. Const.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to express "deep concerns" over treatment of Muslims and other ethnic minorities in her country.