Ontario News

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index eked out a gain Tuesday after a new report on inflation surprised to the downside, while U.S. markets rose ahead of Wednesday's interest rate announcement. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 23.

TORONTO — The trial of a man accused of killing a Toronto police officer in a parking garage nearly three years ago has begun, with the judge laying out the process for the jury.

TORONTO — Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck is set to be honoured at this year's Hot Docs festival with its annual outstanding achievement award.

TORONTO — Work to renovate Ontario's legislature is still in relatively early planning stages, but it has already seen "a touch" of a delay, the minister in charge of the $1-billion-plus undertaking said Tuesday.

TORONTO — Darko Rajakovic remembers what it's like to be an eager young basketball coach, trying to absorb as much as possible from more experienced teachers.

TORONTO — Ontario's teachers have rebuffed a request from the Ministry of Education to let retired teachers work longer, saying the government needs to come up with a real solution to staff shortages.

TORONTO — Late Indigenous filmmaker Jeff Barnaby is among those set to receive special honours at this year's Canadian Screen Awards.

HAMILTON — Canadian cancer treatment developer Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. has signed a deal to be bought by AstraZeneca in an agreement valued at up to US$2.4 billion.

TORONTO — A new report suggests credit delinquencies among Canadian businesses are on the rise. Equifax Canada's latest quarterly business credit trends report says there was a 14.

TORONTO — Ethan Tobman’s production designs have placed Beyoncé atop a sinking New Orleans police cruiser and perched Taylor Swift on the roof of her “Folklore” cabin. Still, with his childhood friend Allison Russell, he aspired to greater heights.