Ontario News

TORONTO — Hot Docs says it will gradually resume programming in early December and host another edition of Canada’s largest documentary film festival next spring, after months of restructuring and cost-cutting.

TORONTO — Bell Media is bringing the USA Network cable brand to Canada after losing several valuable Discovery channel names to one of its competitors. The broadcaster says USA Network will take over the channel known as Discovery on Jan.

OTTAWA — The federal government likely failed to keep its deficit below the promised $40-billion cap in the last fiscal year, the parliamentary budget officer said on Thursday.

Desiree Scott, a hard-nosed defensive midfielder who won 187 caps for Canada, has announced her retirement at the end of the National Women's Soccer League season.

Ontario plans to speed up the building of highways by facilitating construction 24 hours a day, accelerating property acquisitions, and creating a faster environmental assessment process.

Matt Berry has spent six years playing a suburban New York vampire but he will forever associate "What We Do in The Shadows" with Toronto, where the acclaimed series was filmed.

TORONTO — Bobby McMann watched from the press box on opening night. Just over a week later, the Maple Leafs winger took a twirl as the first star.

With the Canadian Curling Trials just over a year away, Curling Canada is still looking for a title sponsor for the showcase event that determines this country's representatives at the Winter Olympics.

SUDBURY, Ont. — Alex Pharand scored twice, and the Sudbury Wolves downed the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 3-1 in Ontario Hockey League action on Wednesday.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews scored his first goal of the season and added two assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs thumped the Los Angeles Kings 6-2 on Wednesday night.