Ontario News

TORONTO — Walk past Steven Beitashour at Toronto FC's training ground and the veteran fullback looks as always, a smile on display.

TORONTO — Canada's financial consumer watchdog is launching a review of business practices among the major banks following reports citing unnamed employees who alleged the lenders were signing customers up for services without their consent.

TORONTO — When Tu Le decided to pop the big question to his longtime girlfriend last year, he didn't want to just get down on one knee in a restaurant.

CALGARY — The premier of the Northwest Territories is blasting federal policies including promises to restrict greenhouse gas emissions that he says will stifle a viable energy sector in the North.

OTTAWA — The searing real estate market in Toronto and the surrounding areas helped push home sales up last month to their highest mark in nearly a year, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Wednesday.

DES MOINE, Iowa — Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has told Iowa legislators that it's important Canada and the United States enhance their trade relations, especially at a time when there is debate about the future of their relationship.

OTTAWA — Canada's federal prison ombudsman is noting a steep decline in the use of solitary confinement in jails in the past two years, but remains concerned some inmates are facing long periods of isolation in the cells where they're placed.

OTTAWA — The amount Canadians owe compared with how much they earn hit another record high last year. Statistics Canada said the amount of household credit market debt rose to 167.

TORONTO — In Theanna Vernon's first year at Ryerson University, the standout volleyball player didn't appear in a single game.

TORONTO — Six years after the hit Canadian hockey film "Goon," the bloody bruisers are back pulling no punches for a comedy sequel.