Ontario News

As the Canada Post strike drags into a fourth week, experts say there's growing pressure on the government to act as the business community's calls for intervention get louder.

OTTAWA — The union representing striking postal workers says it has received a response from Canada Post to its latest round of counter-proposals. The Crown corporation confirmed it had sent new proposals.

HAMILTON — A woman is facing nearly 100 charges in the deaths of five dogs and the distress of two dozen other canines at a Hamilton boarding service.

TORONTO — Charges have been stayed against five of the eight people accused in a shootout near a Toronto recording studio last month. Court documents show the charges were stayed Friday at the request of the prosecution.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index eked out a gain Friday as a rise in tech stocks helped outweigh losses in energy, while U.S. markets were mixed after employment reports on both sides of the border. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 11.

TORONTO — Artificial intelligence firm Cohere will receive up to $240 million from the federal government to boost its computing capacity.

TORONTO — Charges against four of the five people arrested for protesting at last year's Giller Prize have been withdrawn, antiwar organizers announced Friday as they pledged to keep fighting for an end to Israel's attacks on Gaza.

HALIFAX — Women’s advocates say provincial and federal governments need to step up efforts to create housing for people escaping gender-based violence because too many women are forced to remain in unsafe situations after being abused.

TORONTO — The Ontario Labour Relations Board says the government is not unlawfully locking out provincial engineers who are taking part in rotating strikes.

Police were justified in using a drug dealer's phone to orchestrate the arrest of a suspect in a drug trafficking operation without first getting a warrant due to the urgency of the situation, Canada's top court ruled Friday in dismissing an Ontario