Ontario News

TORONTO — BMO Financial Group raised its quarterly dividend as it reported a fourth-quarter profit of $2.30 billion, boosted by the reversal of a 2022 jury verdict against the bank in a lawsuit related to a Ponzi scheme in the United States.

TORONTO — TD Bank Group reported a fourth-quarter profit of $3.64 billion, up from $2.87 billion in the same quarter last year, boosted by the sale of part of its stake in the Charles Schwab Corp. The bank says its profit amounted to $1.

TORONTO — Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce raised its quarterly dividend as it reported a fourth-quarter profit of $1.88 billion, up from $1.49 billion in the same quarter last year.

TORONTO — Canada's new WNBA franchise will be called the Toronto Tempo, a handle officially unveiled with some haste Thursday morning after it was leaked the previous day.

TORONTO — Canada's new WNBA franchise will be called the Toronto Tempo, a handle officially unveiled with some haste this morning after it was leaked yesterday. The name appeared — briefly — on a team drop-down menu on the WNBA's official website.

OTTAWA — The federal government says it will spend up to $1 billion to build public computing infrastructure for the Canadian artificial intelligence sector, part of a $2 billion commitment outlined in this spring’s federal budget.

TORONTO — Hamilton's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads his top-ranked Oklahoma City Thunder into Toronto to face the Raptors tonight. Oklahoma City has won seven of its past 10 games to put it atop the NBA's Western Conference.

TORONTO — Victims of intimate partner violence and their supporters are upset after early election speculation forced an Ontario legislative committee to cut short what was supposed to be an exhaustive study of the issue.

LONDON, Ont. — Austin Elliott stopped all 23 shots he faced as the London Knights blanked the Owen Sound Attack 3-0 on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action.

TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews scored twice early in the third period and the Toronto Maple Leafs erased an early deficit to win their third in a row, 3-2 over the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night.