Ontario News

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was dragged lower Wednesday by losses in energy stocks, while U.S. stock markets were mixed.

TORONTO — Legendary long-distance runner Jerome Drayton, who won the Boston Marathon in 1977 and held the Canadian men's marathon record for 43 years, has died. He was 80.

TORONTO — The Green Party of Ontario will build two million homes in a decade, cut taxes for low- and middle-income earners and create a "foodbelt" to protect farmland if it wins the election, leader Mike Schreiner pledged Wednesday as he released th

Environment Canada says much of southern Ontario will see heavy snowfall tonight and some regions could see up to 40 centimetres of snow, while northern Ontario braces for extreme cold temperatures.

OTTAWA — The 13 premiers and Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc are in Washington, D.C. today looking to convince Republicans that U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to impose steep tariffs on Canada is not in their best interests.

TORONTO — Artificial intelligence brings massive demand for power and infrastructure and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. says it is creating big opportunities for companies with the scale to take them on.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a 33-year-old man died early Wednesday morning while in York Regional Police custody. The Special Investigations Unit says the man turned himself in to a police station in Richmond Hill, Ont.

TORONTO — The president of Tim Hortons' Canadian and U.S.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The food bank system in one of Ontario's largest cities says it's been forced to lay off staff and cut programs in order to keep feeding the growing number of residents who rely on food donations.

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. says it earned US$2.14 billion in 2024, up from $1.27 billion a year earlier, helped by higher gold and copper prices. The gold miner, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, says the profit amounted to US$1.