Ontario News

EDMONTON — A freezer malfunction at the University of Alberta has melted some of the world's largest collection of Canadian Arctic ice core samples.

EDMONTON — A family dog may be a baby's best friend for avoiding allergies and becoming obese later in life, a new study suggests.

MONTREAL — A non-profit working to protect Montreal's Mount Royal is making a push to have the famed mountain park considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in March. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in March. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador 14.9 per cent (14.2) — Prince Edward Island 10.1 (10.

OTTAWA — A quick look at March employment (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.7 per cent (6.6) Employment rate: 61.5 per cent (61.4) Labour force participation rate: 65.9 per cent (65.

HALIFAX — The controversy over Lorne Grabher's personalized licence plate, which reads "GRABHER," could be settled in court now that a group of lawyers has decided to sue the Nova Scotia government.

HALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to visit a community college in the Halifax area today to take in a skills competition for students.

Hydro One is dealing with weather-related power outages across much of Ontario this morning. The utility says high winds and heavy snow have caused 322 outages affecting more than 30,400 customers.

Seven stories in the news for Friday, April 7 ——— KREMLIN CALLS U.S. MISSILE ATTACK ON SYRIA AN ILLEGAL AGGRESSION The Kremlin has reacted to Thursday's U.S. strike on Syria as an "aggression against sovereign state in violation of international law.