Ontario News

Toronto's housing market continued to tighten last month as prices edged up four per cent from March and sales moved closer to the level they were at last April, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board revealed Wednesday.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Ontario is spending $51 million over three years to try to fight auto theft, which the government says has increased 14 per cent in the last year alone.

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — DesRosiers Automotive Consultants says light vehicle sales in April were still below pre-pandemic levels, at 144,069 units compared with 180,616 in April 2019. Sales in April were also slightly below March, and up just 2.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Loblaw Companies Ltd. raised its dividend 10 per cent as it reported a profit available to common shareholders of $418 million for its first quarter.

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. reported its first-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as its revenue also moved lower. The gold miner, which keeps its books in U.S.

ORILLIA, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police have issued a public safety warning about packages containing a potentially lethal substance being mailed out across the province.

TORONTO — Canadian retail sector investor Doug Putman is opening a new home store retailer in 21 former Bed Bath & Beyond and buybuy BABY locations across Canada.

TORONTO — It was a relationship that lasted a lifetime: Gordon Lightfoot got his start at Massey Hall as a teenager, and never stopped returning to the Toronto venue, no matter how successful he became.

TORONTO — Ontario's lack of a long COVID strategy has led the health sector to cobble together "fragmented" clinics that are at risk of closure and may lead to little to no support for patients, internal Ministry of Health documents warn.

TORONTO — What was supposed to be a 10-minute short film about July Talk's drive-in concerts at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic grew into a full-fledged documentary that traced the band's formation and a health crisis for one of its members.