Ontario News

TORONTO — Manulife Financial Corp. says earnings slipped in the fourth quarter compared with a year earlier but rose for the full 2022 financial year. The insurance giant says net income attributable to shareholders came in at $1.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,720.39, up 15.60): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Down 17 cents, or 0.32 per cent, to $52.89 on 19.7 million shares.

TORONTO — Ontario's economy can withstand a recession, the province's finance minister said Wednesday.

Ottawa police say a coach who worked for Gymnastics Ontario is facing several charges of sexual assault involving multiple students.

TORONTO — A new report says the average listed rent for all property types in Canada jumped by 10.7 per cent year-over-year in January, the ninth straight month of double-digit increases. The report from Rentals.

TORONTO — The risks of reputational damage are growing for Indigo Books & Music Inc. as its website remains off-line more than a week after a cyberattack, experts say. The company first announced on Feb.

HAMILTON — Veteran American linemen Ja’Gared Davis and Joel Figueroa are back with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Hamilton announced the signing of Davis and Figueroa on Wednesday, the second day of CFL free agency.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford did not divulge details of who sent invitations – including to developers – for his daughter's $150-a-ticket stag-and-doe party last summer, saying only "the boys" took care of the money that was raised.

TORONTO — Breakfast Television co-host Dina Pugliese says she is leaving the show after 16 years in part due to the gruelling, early morning hours of the job.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Magna is announcing it is putting more than $470 million into bolstering its Ontario operations, including an electric vehicle battery enclosure facility northwest of Toronto. The company says the new operation in Brampton, Ont.