Ontario News

TORONTO — A new internal-trade deal that will remove domestic trade barriers is expected to add billions of dollars to the economy, but an agreement on booze will have to wait.

TORONTO — Mark Bloom circled the date on his calendar as soon as the MLS schedule came out. The former Toronto FC defender returns to BMO Field on Saturday, this time as a member of expansion Atlanta United.

OTTAWA — Vimy. The word conjures images of blood and death. Of men caught in barbed wire and mowed down by machine-gun fire. Of the horror and senselessness of war. But for many Canadians it also sparks a fierce sense of nationalism.

OTTAWA — When Pierre Dorion took over as Senators general manager before this NHL season, he was confident he was inheriting a playoff-calibre team.

TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo says it has successfully hatched four African penguin chicks.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Police say a dozen people are facing charges in Ontario after a year-long international investigation into cocaine smuggling.

TORONTO — A major Canadian-Syrian community group expressed surprise and relief Friday over airstrikes carried out by the U.S. in Syria, saying the move sparked hope that a turning point may have been reached in the country's conflict.

TORONTO — A decade before Masai Ujiri joined the Toronto Raptors' head office, he began running basketball camps in his native Nigeria to share his knowledge and passion for the game with the country's youth.

MAPLE CREEK, Sask. — A southern Alberta woman who had murder charges stayed after years in prison is facing new charges. RCMP say officers went to hospital in Maple Creek, Sask., to deal with a stabbing victim on Wednesday night.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada has unveiled a new commemorative $10 bank note to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation — and it will mark the first time a Canadian woman and an indigenous Canadian have been featured on the country's currency.