Ontario News

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down more than 100 points Wednesday amid broad-based weakness, while U.S. stock markets also slumped.

TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police have cracked a decades-old cold case and identified a woman who was found dead in eastern Ontario 48 years ago, thanks to technology that uses DNA to find genetic matches.

TORONTO — Ontario is looking to build the first new, large-scale nuclear plant in more than 30 years in order to meet the province's growing electricity demands.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays will have a long wait between picks when Major League Baseball holds its draft this weekend. Shane Farrell, the team's director of amateur scouting, believes the Blue Jays are prepared for that big gap.

A date has been set for a coroner's inquest into the deaths of three construction workers who were all hit by motor vehicles at separate construction sites.

TORONTO — Defensive back Robertson Daniel, who had three interceptions and a pick-six in Toronto's 45-24 home win over the B.C. Lions on Monday night, was among five Argonauts recognized Wednesday in the CFL's weekly honour roll.

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says June brought another strong month for auto sales. The consultancy firm says total light vehicle sales for the month were up 12.6 per cent from a year ago.

TORONTO — Brookfield Reinsurance has signed a deal to buy the part of American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. (AEL) that it does not already own in a cash-and-stock transaction that values the company at about US$4.3 billion.

TORONTO — Kids Help Phone says it's turning to artificial intelligence to help respond to the "enormous need" as more and more young people reach out for mental health help and support.

TORONTO — Early signs of wage growth slowing are an indicator the Bank of Canada’s fight against inflation is slowly gaining ground, economists said, but it’s too soon to tell whether Canadians will regain the purchasing power they lost amid sustaine