Ontario News

TORONTO — Strength in base metals and telecom helped Canada's main stock index post a small gain Friday, while U.S. markets moved lower.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,255.61, up 32.92 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up 65 cents, or 1.42 per cent, to $46.46 on 12.5 million shares.

TORONTO — Jamie Drysdale was in a daze as he listened to the voice on the other end of the line. California dreaming with a franchise he thought would be home for a long time, the defenceman — an offensive talent taken No.

TORONTO — The high cost of not having enough money is being brought into focus by a class-action lawsuit at one of the country's largest banks.

TORONTO, Ohio — A 14-year-old girl has been charged in a stabbing at a Toronto subway station and police say they are seeking a second suspect. Police say the stabbing took place at Wilson station during the Thursday afternoon commute.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police in Peel Region say a second suspect has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of an international student working as a food delivery driver last summer.

TORONTO — Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. reported a fourth-quarter profit attributable to shareholders of US$1.3 billion, down from US$2.3 billion a year earlier. The company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, says the profit amounted to US$52.

TORONTO — An Ontario court has given Factory Direct permission to liquidate its stores as it begins winding down the business.

TORONTO — Mithaq Capital SPC says it's dropping its hostile takeover offer for Aimia Inc. after not enough shares were tendered before the bid expired on Thursday.

TORONTO — On a cool-but-sunny February day in Toronto’s west end, a temperature-controlled truck pulls up at the rear of a Metro grocery store, where pallets of food about to reach their sell-by date sit waiting.