Ontario News

TORONTO — Metro Inc. is filing an unfair labour practice complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board against Unifor over an ongoing strike, arguing it isn't bargaining in good faith, a spokeswoman for the grocer said in a statement.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews has put pen to paper on a deal that is set to make him the NHL's highest-paid player. And the Toronto Maple Leafs — and their fans — can finally exhale.

TORONTO — Two Ontario teachers' unions say they have settled unfair labour practice complaints against the government, with the province confirming an early reading screening tool is not mandated for the upcoming school year.

TORONTO — Canadian filmmaker Norman Jewison is getting his namesake on a private screening room in Toronto.

TORONTO — Ellie Szeryk was preparing to tee off during a practice round at Vancouver's Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club, going over her yardage book, managing the course, when she noticed her ball had been knocked off the tee.

A mother travelling with her infant is dead and four others are injured following a collision involving seven vehicles in a construction zone in the Township of Melancthon, Ont. Provincial police say officers arrived at the scene shortly after 3 p.m.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,879.79, up 188.58 points): Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Finance. Up 29 cents, or 1.22 per cent, to $24.13 on 14.

TORONTO — Technology stocks helped lead a broad-based rally, bringing Canada's main stock index up almost 200 points Wednesday, while U.S. stock markets also climbed.

TORONTO — The RCMP has started to look into a potential investigation related to the Progressive Conservative government's removal of some areas from Ontario's protected Greenbelt for housing development, the police force said Wednesday.

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc.