Ontario News

OTTAWA — With a federal election call widely expected on Sunday, the three main political parties are ramping up their attacks and trying to pitch their leaders as the best people to guide Canada through difficult days ahead.

TORONTO — Canada's biggest country music awards show will have a little more "je ne sais quoi" starting this year.

Police say three people are dead after a utility terrain vehicle collided with a vehicle in Wiikwemkoong First Nation on Manitoulin Island on Thursday evening.

TORONTO — Neil Young has scrapped plans to play a free concert in Ukraine.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index ticked lower Thursday after giving back gains from earlier in the day, while U.S. markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 8.97 points at 25,060.24.

OTTAWA — Retail sales fell 0.6 per cent to $69.4 billion in January as sales in the auto sector moved lower, Statistics Canada said.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have added two big names to their coaching staff as they prepare to defend their Grey Cup title this season.

TORONTO — Britt Lower’s Helly R. entered Lumon as a reluctant recruit. By the Season 2 finale of “Severance,” she’s something far more unmanageable: a revolutionary.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Noah Morneau had a hat trick, Joey Costanzo earned a 21-save shutout and the Windsor Spitfires downed the Sarnia Sting 5-0 on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League action.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon, Brock Nelson, Cale Makar and Joel Kiviranta all scored in Colorado's first-period barrage and the Avalanche cruised to a 5-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.