Ontario News

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index saw a loss of more than half a per cent Wednesday, reversing slight mid-morning gains, while U.S. markets were also down at the close after beginning the day on a more optimistic streak.

TORONTO — Despite the ongoing crush of sick children straining Canadian hospitals — many of them suffering from the flu — not enough people are getting vaccinated against the virus, doctors say.

TORONTO — The Ontario Securities Commission says it no longer has a reasonable prospect of convicting three former cannabis company leaders linked to securities offences at CannTrust Holdings Inc.

Much of southern Ontario is under snowfall or freezing rain warnings from Environment Canada as a low pressure system travelling from the U.S. is expected to bring hazardous conditions.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Police say a correctional officer has been arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted an inmate at a women's prison in Ontario. The Waterloo Regional Police Service says the 43-year-old Cambridge, Ont.

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has elected to be tried for sexual assault before a jury, rather than by judge alone.

TORONTO — Some "high-risk" businesses in Ontario must have opioid antidotes on site and the training to use it by June, the province announced Wednesday.

TORONTO — As an endometrial cancer survivor, Linda Luyt gets quite anxious waiting for the results of her annual Pap test to show she is still free of the disease.

TORONTO — New data shows that the average monthly cost to rent a home in Canada rose to a record $2,024 in November, and experts say the trend does not show signs of stopping soon.

TORONTO — Rapper Kendrick Lamar and pop singer Billie Eilish are headlining next year's Osheaga music festival in Montreal.