Ontario News

Ontario government lawyers argued Tuesday there would be "irreparable harm" to the rule of law if Premier Doug Ford and a top minister were compelled to testify at a federal inquiry after citing parliamentary privilege in trying to avoid doing so.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up by more than 90 points on the first day of the month after a mid-morning trading halt due to a technical problem, while U.S. stocks were down on hotter-than-expected employment data and tech stocks.

TORONTO — Parents of children in licensed child care in Ontario should now know if they will be getting rebates on their fees, as Tuesday was the deadline for operators to opt in or out of the national $10-a-day program.

TORONTO — EQ Bank owner Equitable Group Inc. said Tuesday it has closed its takeover of Concentra Bank in a deal valued at $495 million. The takeover of Concentra boosts Equitable's assets under management base by $13.

TORONTO — Some families in Ontario are scrambling to make alternative child-care plans after several boards said they would close schools Friday in response to a planned walkout by education workers.

TORONTO — Social workers were offering support to students and staff after a shooting outside a Toronto high school left one person dead, the board said Tuesday.

Police say the deaths of a father, mother and son in Sudbury, Ont., are being investigated as a murder-suicide. Greater Sudbury Police say officers were called to a home in the community of Coniston at 6:20 p.m. on Sunday for an unknown issue.

TORONTO — Personal support workers at hospitals across Ontario have been waiting months to receive a wage increase promised by the government, with unions and hospitals saying a delay in instruction from the province had been holding up the payments.

TORONTO — Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. has delayed a shareholder meeting to vote on Rio Tinto's deal to take the company private.

TORONTO — Another year, another West Division outstanding player nomination for Zach Collaros. The Winnipeg quarterback secured the Western nomination Tuesday for a second straight year.