Ontario News

TORONTO — Sunwing Vacations Inc. is sending out dozens of recovery flights this week to bring home thousands of passengers stranded in Mexico after winter storms disrupted its operations.

TORONTO — Small business owners have a slightly better outlook on the year ahead than a month ago but their short-term outlook has worsened, the latest survey results from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) said.

TORONTO — April Wine founder Myles Goodwyn says he's done with touring life and will play his final live show in March.

TORONTO — Bailey Bass was a relatively unknown face when she was declared as the future of James Cameron's multi-billion dollar "Avatar" franchise among six other young actors, "all while going through puberty.

TORONTO — A group of teenage girls facing second-degree murder charges in the death of a homeless man in Toronto is set to return to court in the new year.

CLINTON, ONT. — A hospital in southwestern Ontario says it will close its emergency department overnight Thursday, the latest in a number of recent temporary ER and urgent care centre closures in the province.

TORONTO — Aviation analytics company Cirium says Canada's two biggest airlines ranked low in terms of on-time performance this year. The data firm says that among the 10 biggest airlines in Canada and the U.S., Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Matthew Poitras scored three goals as the visiting Guelph Storm tripped the Windsor Spitfires 5-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Wednesday.

HAGERSVILLE, Ont. — An Ontario Provincial Police officer who was fatally shot while responding to a call was "essentially ambushed," the commissioner of the force said Wednesday night. Police have said 28-year-old Const.

TORONTO — As the drummer of 1970s Canadian pop-rock band Wednesday, Randy Begg may have sat near the back of the stage, but friends say his energy and passion were always front and centre in life.