Ontario News

TORONTO — Strength in energy stocks helped Canada's main stock index close slightly higher Monday, while U.S. stock markets also ended up to start the week.

TORONTO — Ontario's minister of infrastructure is proposing a new way of funding GO Transit stations that she says will both increase transit service and housing nearby.

TORONTO — Canada's largest private sector union says it will turn to negotiations with General Motors after members voted to accept its labour agreement with Ford Motor Co. of Canada.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Lauren Kim of Surrey, B.C., headlines Golf Canada's two squads for the upcoming World Amateur Team Championships. Kim will be competing for the Espirito Santo Trophy along with Monet Chun of Richmond Hill, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario's legislature resumed sitting Monday after a summer recess, with a controversy about Greenbelt land removals looming large, despite Premier Doug Ford saying last week that he is reversing the decision.

An Ontario agency that collects data on pregnancies and births in the province says a cybersecurity breach earlier this year resulted in a leak of personal health information of approximately 3.4 million people.

TORONTO — Homeowners in Atlantic Canada completed the highest number of emergency repairs due to weather-related events in the past year, according to HomeStars' latest renovation report.

TORONTO — Jaymie Campbell has been running her beading and quilling business for over five years. It's a money-making venture but for her, it is about more than income.

BARRIE, Ont. — Criminal charges against a construction company in a crash north of Toronto that killed six young people have been withdrawn by the Crown.

TORONTO — The Honda Indy Toronto will return in 2024. It was one of 17 races on the schedule when the IndyCar Series announced its 2024 calendar on Monday. Toronto's Exhibition Place will host the 36th edition of the Honda Indy from July 19 to 21.