Ontario News

OTTAWA — Retail sales in January registered their largest gain in almost seven years, the latest sign that the economy is building momentum. Statistics Canada said Tuesday that retail sales climbed 2.2 per cent to $46.

CALGARY — Players on a Calgary minor hockey team and their parents have flipped out after a coin toss was used to decide the outcome of a crucial playoff game.

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has signalled his desire to shift his focus to renegotiating trade deals like NAFTA, after a bumpy patch marked by controversy involving Russia and internal debates over an unpopular health bill.

OTTAWA — The European Union's trade chief says Canada is a key partner against the job-killing, anti-trade sentiment coming from Donald Trump's administration.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is delaying promised Access to Information reforms that would bring ministerial offices under the openness law, saying it needs more time to get right what it describes as a complex initiative.

OTTAWA — A U.K.-based economist known for advocating a prominent role for the state in fostering modern, high-tech growth is expected to leave her mark on Wednesday's federal budget.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is examining whether the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration will require more cash to be spent north of the border.

OTTAWA — All judges and RCMP officers should have to go through mandatory training on gender-based violence and sexual assault, says a new report from the House of Commons committee on the status of women.

EDMONTON — The leaders of Alberta's two main conservative parties met Monday to discuss what steps they should take toward a potential merger.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government faced protesting students and the threat of a labour lawsuit Monday as it moved to freeze public-sector wages and raise post-secondary tuition fees.