Ontario News

TORONTO — Steven Stamkos will miss his 63rd straight game Thursday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and a return in the regular season appears increasingly unlikely for the Tampa Bay Lightning captain.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Highlights from the Newfoundland and Labrador's new $8.1-billion budget presented Thursday: ­­­— Includes no new taxes or fees and slightly cuts spending by about $300,000. — Projects an almost $800-million deficit, down from $1.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has stopped tracking the controversial use of hotel rooms to house kids seized by child-welfare workers.

OTTAWA — Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault says she will step down when her current term expires at the end of June.

OTTAWA — Facebook is taking what it calls a "first step" toward helping Canadians tell the difference between fake news and the real thing online.

FREDERICTON — A newlywed couple in New Brunswick have come forward to claim they are victims of a massive miscalculation on their property tax assessment, adding fuel to growing criticisms the premier failed to oversee and fix a new, but deeply flawe

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs will have their trusted fourth line centre in the lineup as they try to clinch their first playoff berth since 2013.

OTTAWA — Freedom is at the heart of Maxime Bernier's platform in his campaign for the leadership of the federal Conservatives.

OTTAWA — Thousands of Canadians have started what some are calling a "pilgrimage" to France this week, as the country prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of one of its most iconic battles: Vimy Ridge.

OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee is urging the federal government to expand its international sanctions law to include gross human rights violations — a move bound to further strain relations with Russia.