Ontario News

TORONTO — DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says auto sales rose 3.7 per cent in March from a year earlier for a fifth month in a row of gains.

TORONTO — The overwhelming favourite among Proline Plus customers is the NCAA men's basketball champion. Fourth-seeded UConn capped a wild March Madness by downing fifth-seeded San Diego State 76-59 on Monday night to capture the NCAA title.

TORONTO — CBRE says Canada’s national office vacancy rate hit an all-time high in the first quarter of the year. The real estate firm says the country's overall office vacancy rate amounted to 17.7 per cent, while downtown office vacancies sat at 18.

TORONTO — Spaces designated for students from marginalized backgrounds are spreading across Canadian universities, as officials say they are a necessary and overdue response to decades of racism on campus.

TORONTO — Ontario has not yet put a four-year-old policing law overhaul into effect, which includes allowing officers to be suspended without pay more often, but the solicitor general said Monday he's directing it be done "as soon as possible.

TORONTO — The campaign to elect Toronto's next mayor officially got underway Monday, heralding what political observers expect to be a whirlwind race as a number of high-profile candidates jostle to establish themselves as front-runners in a crowded

A tribal council that represents five First Nations in northwestern Ontario says the first batch of local emergency medical responders from a new training program has graduated and will serve Pikangikum First Nation.

TORONTO — Former Canadian men's basketball team member and Olympian Greg Francis has died at the age of 48. Canada Basketball confirmed the news on Monday. The cause of death was not released.

The race to replace John Tory, who stepped down as Toronto's mayor after an affair with a staffer, officially kicked off Monday as nominations opened.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index climbed nearly 180 points on Monday, buoyed by strength in energy stocks after Saudi Arabia and other major oil producers announced surprise oil production cuts on the weekend, while U.S. markets were mixed.