Ontario News

TORONTO — Canada's literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books.

TORONTO — Chris Walters' four-year-old daughter escaped from her Hamilton school last month and made it three blocks away before she was found by a member of the public in the middle of a road with traffic going around her.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have traded minor league right-handed pitcher Nick Robertson to the Houston Astros for right-handed pitching prospect Edinson Batista.

TORONTO — Apartments, health centres and even pickleball courts may be coming to your local mall after Hudson's Bay departs.

TORONTO — More than three-quarters of Canadian startups believe tariffs will impact their business, a new report found.

TORONTO — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it has agreed to discontinue arbitration proceedings it launched before the International Chamber of Commerce's International Court of Arbitration related to its Cobre Panama mine.

TORONTO — Ontario will spend $35 million to help the Shaw Festival rebuild the Royal George Theatre.

TORONTO — CIBC Global Asset Management says it has entered into a strategic relationship with Indigenous-owned and led asset management firm Longhouse Capital Partners Inc.

TORONTO — Ontario minimum wage earners will be making $17.60 an hour, starting Oct. 1. The provincial government announced today the amount of the annual increase to the minimum wage, which is tied to inflation.

Condos can be fixer-uppers too. Home inspections can warn prospective buyers of upcoming critical costs — such as a new roof or a leaking basement — but buyers in the condo market might not have the same clarity.