Ontario News

TORONTO — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday that the federal government is moving ahead with guidelines around sustainable investing and corporate climate disclosures, but details on the plans are scarce.

TORONTO — Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. says it has named former RBC executive Nadine Ahn as deputy chief financial officer, with the expectation that she'll step into the top CFO role next year.

TORONTO — Conor Kerr was bird hunting in rural Saskatchewan when he learned his book, "Prairie Edge," had been shortlisted for the Giller Prize.

TORONTO — Finally, Scottie Barnes will get to play some competitive basketball again. Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic confirmed on Wednesday that Barnes will return to Toronto's lineup for its next pre-season game.

North American stock markets gained ground on Wednesday thanks to continued optimism about the strength of the U.S. economy. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 152.39 points at 24,224.90. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 431.

TORONTO — Toronto police say a 36-year-old man is to be charged with first-degree murder after the weekend death of his father.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Ottawa Senators signed goaltender Linus Ullmark on Wednesday to a four-year contract extension worth $33 million.

TORONTO — Ontario launched a review of the province's 37 non-Indigenous children's aid societies Wednesday after Premier Doug Ford suggested they are being financially mismanaged, but the unions representing CAS workers say it is a mere "smokescreen.

VIENTIANE, Ont. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Laos this week to meet with southeast Asian leaders — the Liberal government’s latest effort to strengthen Canada’s ties in a region with strong Chinese influence.

TORONTO — The research that won Geoffrey Hinton a Nobel Prize for physics was the product of plenty of work carried out before artificial intelligence was the buzzword it is today.