Ontario News

TORONTO — Brian Helgeland's latest film isn't an autobiography, but strip theBoston crime syndicate and drug runners from its gritty portrait of a fishing crew, and it's pretty close to being one.

GREY HIGHLANDS, ONTARIO — A 30-year-old from Ontario has been charged with murder in the death of an infant girl.

TORONTO — A new report says more Canadian businesses are missing debt payments. The report by Equifax Canada says overall delinquencies for businesses in the third quarter rose 3.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,318.36, down 13.18 points): Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ). Energy. Down two cents, or 0.02 per cent, to $84.78 on 16.

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. says it is selling all of its shares in Cogeco Inc. to Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec for $829 million in a move to reduce its debt leverage ratio.

TORONTO — Ontario's electricity system operator is planning to seek out more wind and solar power, five years after the Progressive Conservative government cancelled a slew of renewable energy contracts.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index closed slightly lower Monday as losses in resource stocks offset gains in financials, while U.S. stock markets rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 13.18 points at 20,318.36.

Police are expected to provide an update Tuesday on their investigation into an Ontario man accused of sending lethal substances to people who later took their own lives.

TORONTO — Creditors of Metroland Media Group have voted to approve the company's restructuring proposal after the newspaper chain announced cuts to 60 per cent of its workforce earlier this year.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Macklin Celebrini arrived as a bit of an unknown. Sure, his fellow invitees at Canada's selection camp for the 2024 world junior hockey championship had seen the highlights and heard the chatter.