Ontario News

TORONTO — Rogers Communications says Edward Rogers is becoming the company's executive chair effective immediately. The company says Rogers, previously chairman, will lead the development and review of the company’s long-term strategy for growth.

TORONTO — Wasabi ice cream, Kool-Aid fried chicken and deep fried pickle Oreos are among the wilder food concoctions on the CNE menu this year.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose Wednesday amid broad-based strength on Bay St., while U.S. stock markets coasted after the latest report on inflation. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 141.83 points at 22,760.01.

The co-CEO of Cargojet Inc. says rising e-commerce demand will fuel major business gains in the second half of the year after boosting revenues last quarter.

TORONTO — The Ontario Science Centre says it will deploy teams at locations and events across the city this week, including the Toronto Zoo and the Canadian National Exhibition.

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man has been charged in an alleged hit-and-run crash that injured an officer last week. Police say a motorcyclist disobeyed an officer who was directing traffic on Lake Shore Boulevard West around 7:15 p.m.

TORONTO — Scotiabank's 1832 Asset Management has substantially cut back its holdings in Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems Ltd. as the bank has faced calls to divest over the war in Gaza.

ESSEX, ONT. — The council of a southwestern Ontario town where a mother and two children were found dead in their home from gunshot wounds is writing a letter to the provincial government asking it to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic.

TORONTO — Ontario's opposition parties are criticizing Premier Doug Ford for joking about sending "overflow" human patients to a new animal hospital.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews tried his best to suppress a smile as he climbed on stage at a press conference Wednesday.