Ontario News

TORONTO — Taxpayer-funded ads about planned hydro bill reductions put the Liberal government in contempt of parliament, the Opposition charged Monday.

TORONTO — Hudson's Bay Co. says the emails and phone numbers of some Saks Fifth Avenue customers were exposed online accidentally over the weekend. The information, which has since been taken down, was connected to a product wait-list for Saks.com.

LAKESHORE, Ont. — Police say a man who was scared off by an elderly woman while allegedly breaking into her home has been arrested and charged. Provincial police say the woman was awoken by an alarm and voices in her Lakeshore, Ont., home around 5 a.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister plans to use pedal power this summer to mark the role of indigenous peoples in the province's formation.

OTTAWA — A new infrastructure bank could free up billions in new money for social services Canadians regularly use, internal government documents say — provided the experimental new institution meets its lofty financing goals.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — A teenage girl is facing charges after allegedly assaulting a hospital employee and a police officer. Peterborough, Ont., police say they were called to the hospital on Saturday after the alleged assault on the employee.

TORONTO — The Globe and Mail has nabbed a leading 19 National Newspaper Award nominations. La Presse was next with nine finalists, the Toronto Star received eight nods and the Canadian Press landed five.

A Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails posed an "extremely high flight risk" in part due to his alleged ties to Russian intelligence agents, law enforcement officials allege in documents filed with an Ontario court.

MONTREAL — After the worst cargo season in years, shippers traversing the Great Lakes are expecting a rise in volumes this season as the St. Lawrence Seaway opened Monday, but not enough to give them cause to celebrate.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick won't lower the voting age in the province unless it's first approved through a referendum, the minister responsible for electoral reform said Monday.