Ontario News

TORONTO — Choosing a financial adviser is a big decision, yet few investors realize that in most provinces there's a lack of specific, harmonized regulation of professionals who provide that type of service.

CENTRAL ELGIN, Ont. — A 17-year-old boy is among two people killed in a two-vehicle crash east of St. Thomas, Ont. Provincial police say the incident happened on Wednesday when two pick-up trucks collided head-on.

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TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) says it is selling a 50 per cent stake in its Veladero mine in Argentina to Chinese mining company Shangdong Gold Group for $960 million as part of what it calls a "strategic co-operation agreement.

OTTAWA — Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak, who famously declared "some good" came out of Canada's residential schools, has been kicked off the Senate's committee on Aboriginal Peoples.

TORONTO — The RCMP says they've charged a man for allegedly leaving Canada to join Islamic State militants.

OTTAWA — The RCMP confirmed Wednesday what civil liberties groups say has been an open secret for them for some time: that the Mounties use so-called mobile device identifiers, also known as Stingrays, to identify and locate cellphones.

HAMILTON — The father of a Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails told an Ontario court Wednesday that he'd keep all electronic devices locked away and out of his son's reach if his child is released on bail.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government's point man on pot says Canada Day 2018 should not be about legalizing marijuana but about recognizing the country's history.

OTTAWA — Governments across Canada will unveil an internal-trade agreement Friday designed to not only knock down domestic business barriers, but also lay the groundwork for talks to eventually establish a cross-country marijuana market.