Ontario News

TORONTO — A new survey says Canadians are leaning more heavily on credit cards amid persistent inflation and rising interest rates.

TORONTO — If the Toronto Raptors raised a few eyebrows listing Scottie Barnes at guard on their training camp roster, Monday's masterful performance would have silenced the critics.

TORONTO — A union representing approximately 55,000 Ontario education workers said Monday its members will walk off the job on Friday despite the government tabling legislation to impose contracts and ban a strike.

TORONTO — Raptors guard Fred VanVleet was listed as unavailable for Toronto's game Monday against the visiting Atlanta Hawks. Coach Nick Nurse said VanVleet didn't participate in Sunday's practice due to lower back tightness.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,426.14, down 45.05 points): Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Health care. Up 81 cents, or 18.93 per cent, to $5.09 on 9.

Toronto police say one man is dead and a teenage boy is injured after a shooting outside a high school in the city's east end. Police say on Twitter that officers responded to reports of a shooting at Woburn Collegiate Institute around 3:20 p.m.

TORONTO — Canadian and U.S. markets slumped on the last day of October, with Canadian markets buoyed somewhat by energy stocks even as the price of oil fell. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 45.05 points at 19,426.14.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford and a top minister have overstated the privilege they enjoy as politicians as they try to get out of testifying at the Emergencies Act inquiry, the commissioner overseeing the proceeding said Monday in court docume

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Cargojet Inc. credits its new strategy for a high performing third quarter, as the company adapts to uncertain customer demands while keeping a close eye on the economy. The Mississauga, Ont.

The Ontario government says it intends to invoke the notwithstanding clause to keep an eventual law affecting some education workers in force in the event of any constitutional challenges.