Ontario News

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index ended Tuesday narrowly in the red, weighed down by losses in energy and base metals stocks, while U.S. markets moved higher. Investors digested the latest news from U.S.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for a united front ahead of an emergency meeting with the country's premiers on Wednesday, where they will grapple with the threat of steep new U.S. tariffs.

OTTAWA — Reigning pairs world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps will lead Canada's contingent into next week's ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.

TORONTO — The co-founders of two of Canada's top artificial intelligence firms say companies in the country are buzzing with excitement around the technology but turning that enthusiasm into products and tools takes too long.

TORONTO — The prime minister must take a threat from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on tariffs seriously, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Tuesday, promising the province will also take steps of its own.

TORONTO — The Ontario government is proposing to push through a bill that would close 10 supervised consumption sites without holding any public hearings, a move advocates and opposition critics say is anti-democratic.

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. says four employees at its Loulo-Gounkoto mine in Mali have been charged and detained pending trial. The Canadian gold miner says it refutes the charges, but did not say what they entailed.

TORONTO — Financial regulators say they're looking into allegations of high-pressure sales practices in Canadian bank branches.

OTTAWA — The federal government is barring a company previously co-owned by a Liberal MP and former minister from bidding on contracts with the federal government.

OTTAWA — Canada's financial intelligence agency says it is modernizing with the aim of providing valuable information to police and security officials in real time — or as close to that goal as it can get.