Ontario News

TORONTO — Gains in energy and base metal stocks helped lift Canada's main stock index higher Friday, while U.S. markets were down after a day of mixed trading. New jobs data in the U.S.

TORONTO — The music video for “Damn Right” by Snotty Nose Rez Kids and director Sterling Larose has won this year’s Prism Prize. The hip hop duo from Kitamaat Village in northwest B.C.

PIKANGIKUM, Ont. — One person is dead after a house fire earlier this week in a remote northwestern Ontario First Nation that has seen a lack of firefighting resources in recent years.

HAMILTON — They're opponents now, but Simoni Lawrence still has a soft spot in his heart for Jeremiah Masoli. Masoli will make his season debut when Ottawa (1-2) visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (0-3) on Saturday night.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays recalled right-hander Alek Manoah from Double-A New Hampshire on Friday and placed reliever Jay Jackson on the paternity list.

TORONTO — A new Toronto Transit Commission report says Rogers will look to upgrade parts of the downtown subway network with 5G cell access by this fall.

CLARINGTON, Ont.

Ontario's police watchdog says it is investigating the death of a Kingston, Ont., man who had barricaded himself inside a home after stabbing a woman.

TORONTO — As a cold front brought some temperature relief to parts of Ontario after a multi-day heat wave, regions from coast to coast to coast in Canada braced for sweltering conditions to last into the weekend.

TORONTO — As summer heat waves intensifyand advocates sound the alarm on the lack of protections for the most vulnerable populations, one extreme weather expert is calling for access to cooling to be treated as a human right.