Ontario News

TORONTO — Metro grocery store workers in the Greater Toronto Area are gearing up to strike as early as tonight, as bargaining continues between the retailer and some 3,700 employees.

A food delivery driver who was the victim of a violent carjacking in the Greater Toronto Area has died from his injuries and police are searching for suspects. Peel Region police say 24-year-old Gurvinder Nath, a Brampton, Ont.

TORONTO — A mother of two young girls who was killed while walking in an east Toronto neighbourhood was remembered at a public vigil on Monday as a woman who treasured her family and cared for her community.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have waived guard-forward Joe Wieskamp, the team announced Monday. The 23-year-old had signed a multi-year deal with Toronto on Feb. 11 after a pair of 10-day contracts in January.

Student associations demanded Monday that the Ontario government do more to address gender-based violence on post-secondary campuses, saying a triple stabbing at the University of Waterloo has shown further action is needed.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,226.79, down 35.28): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Down 51 cents, or 1.05 per cent, to $48.13 on 14.6 million shares.

TORONTO — Weakness in energy and telecoms helped Canada's main stock index tick lower after a mixed day of trading Monday, while U.S. markets rose as earnings season rolled forward. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 35.28 points at 20,226.79.

TORONTO — Canadian film and television workers are feeling the sting of twin strikes by Hollywood writers and actors. Vancouver-based Derek Baskerville, who rents costumes mostly to U.S.

TORONTO — Dionne Warwick and Amanda Marshall are among the musicians set to stop by the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto this summer.

TORONTO — Constellation Software Inc. says it has signed a deal to buy Black Knight Inc.'s Optimal Blue business for US$700 million. Under the deal, Constellation will pay US$200 million in cash and issue a US$500 million promissory note.