Ontario News

TORONTO — New data suggests a significant shift in credit usage among businesses in the first quarter of 2023, Equifax Canada said.

TORONTO — Graphic designer Arthur Irizawa never aspired to be a celebrity before he landed a role on the television comedy "Super Dave" as Japanese stunt co-ordinator Fuji Hakayito.

TORONTO — Billions of dollars are at stake in a three-day hearing at Ontario's highest court that got underway Tuesday over the province's controversial wage-limiting law for public sector workers.

TORONTO — Homegrown country stars Dean Brody, the Reklaws and Carly Pearce are among the performers headed to this year's CCMA Awards.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he will vote for Mark Saunders in Toronto's upcoming mayoral byelection, but maintains he is staying out of the race. Ford recently put up a sign for Saunders, the city's former police chief, on his lawn.

TORONTO — British author Robert Macfarlane has won the inaugural Writers' Trust Weston International Award. The $75,000 prize goes to a non-fiction author who is not from Canada to honour an outstanding body of work.

TORONTO — The Hockey Hall of Fame's class of 2023 will be unveiled Wednesday afternoon. Last year's crop featured both a Swedish and West Coast feel with Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Daniel Alfredsson and Roberto Luongo taking centre stage.

TORONTO — Global technology conference Collision says it is extending its stay in Toronto for another year. The travelling event showcasing startups and business heavyweights says it will return to the city for its 2024 conference.

TORONTO — A new report says the gender pay gap in Canada narrowed last year compared with 2021, but still stood at more than 20 per cent.

TORONTO — When Anthony Furey filed his nomination papers to run in Toronto’s mayoral election, he wasn’t considered a prominent contender in the race.