Ontario News

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained almost one per cent Thursday, buoyed by strength in the energy and financial sectors, while U.S. markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 186.15 points at 20,211.20.

TORONTO — Stricter rules around qualifying for a mortgage could be coming as Canada's banking regulator seeks feedback on several proposals to limit the number of overstretched borrowers.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Deanna Stellato-Dudek hopes to capture her first Canadian figure skating title — at the age of 39, and more than 20 years after she initially retired from the sport.

TORONTO — Violent crime committed by teenagers could be increasing in Canada's most populous city due to pandemic isolation and the influences of social media, experts say, as Toronto police investigate a string of assaults allegedly committed by tee

BARRIE, Ont. — Police have charged a construction company in a fatal crash north of Toronto that killed six young people in August. Police in Barrie, Ont., say Con-Drain Company Ltd.

TORONTO — Ryan McDonagh was sitting in the same locker room where, eight months earlier, he celebrated another playoff series triumph — one that resigned the tortured team down the hall to another soul-searching spring.

TORONTO — Grace Lynn Kung says “Wong & Winchester” is the show she always dreamt of doing.

TORONTO — An unauthorized party embedded "malicious code" on the Liquor Control Board of Ontario's website to gather customer information, the provincial agency said Thursday, noting that personal data may have been compromised as a result.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — A $100,000 reward has been issued for information leading to the whereabouts of a woman who was abducted from an Ontario home exactly a year ago, police said Thursday.

Environment Canada has issued winter storm warnings for Ottawa and other parts of eastern Ontario with heavy snow in the forecast.