Ontario News

TORONTO — Margaret Atwood has been applauded for her speculative and sometimes bleak bibliography that imagines a future not too far from reality, but the renowned author is not in the habit of making predictions about her own times ahead.

TORONTO — Suzette Mayr, Tsering Yangzom Lama and Emma Hooper are among the Canadian authors longlisted for the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.

TORONTO — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it has reached an agreement to settle its dispute with the government of Panama over profit-sharing at the Canadian miner's Cobre Panama mine.

TORONTO — Daniel Roher, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary about imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, says that he’s far more interested in keeping Navalny breathing than he is in promoting his film.

TORONTO — It's been one month since a ransomware attack hit Canada's biggest bookstore chain. The hack kicked Indigo Books & Music Inc.

The mayors of three Ontario cities are calling on the federal government to help them support asylum seekers being transferred to their communities after entering the country through an unofficial border crossing in Quebec.

LONDON, Ont. — Matt Dunstone is skipping the top-ranked men's curling team in Canada. His squad has displayed strong form all season. Everything seems to be in place for a Brier breakout. Now it's a matter of getting results when it really matters.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Danny Zhilkin scored his 27th goal of the aseason and added two assists as the Kitchener Rangers defeated the visiting Guelph Storm 4-1 in the only Ontario Hockey League game on Tuesday's schedule.

TORONTO — An advocacy group accused a Toronto elementary school of anti-Black racism Tuesday, pointing to allegations of two students being detained in an "isolation room" as the board said it was investigating what happened in at least one case.

TORONTO — Echelon Wealth Partners Inc. and PI Financial Corp. say they are merging to create an investment advisory, wealth management and capital markets firm with more than $12 billion in client assets.