Ontario News

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index lost more than 100 points Thursday, weighed down by losses in technology and industrials, while U.S. stock markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 112.08 points at 25,514.08.

TORONTO — Becoming a WNBA general manager has been a long time coming for Monica Wright Rogers. Wright Rogers was officially unveiled Thursday as the GM of the expansion Toronto Tempo.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston made a surprise appearance on Ontario’s election campaign trail Thursday, where he said his province will table legislation to reduce interprovincial trade barriers.

OTTAWA — Seven transnational criminal organizations are being listed as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code to fight fentanyl trafficking, the federal government announced Thursday.

Lorenzo Insigne's future with Toronto FC remains murky with news that the high-priced Italian designated player is not with the team, two days before the MLS season opener at D.C. United.

OTTAWA — Federal Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge's plan to modernize the mandate of CBC and Radio-Canada would bar them from running ads during news programming and from charging subscription fees for digital products such as CBC Gem.

TORONTO — Jann Arden’s nostalgia trip faced a major detour partway through making "Mixtape," her new album of 1990s pop covers.

TORONTO — Canada's Rachel Homan and Scotland's Bruce Mouat will clash in curling's battle of the sexes in Toronto.

The federal government is going to court to force a Toronto company to sell a $34-million stake in a Calgary-based lithium miner that it bought off a Chinese firm.

OTTAWA — Canada's top court has dismissed the appeal of an Alberta man convicted of manslaughter for aiding his son in the killings of two Métis hunters.