Ontario News

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained more than one per cent Thursday on the back of the base metal, energy and industrial sectors, while U.S. markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 263.97 points at 23,475.14.

TORONTO — The Toronto Transit Commission is ending free public Wi-Fi at its subway stations at the end of the year, citing a steep drop in rider usage along with reliability, security and cost concerns.

A Simcoe, Ont., woman is facing a charge of assault with a weapon over an incident involving a neighbour, but she says the weapon in question was a water gun.

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says her party will introduce a bill in the House of Commons next week to protect people from online harassment.

OTTAWA — Canada's consul general in New York is meeting with MPs today to talk about the purchase of his official residence.

Toronto police say a stabbing in the city’s west end has killed one person and left another wounded. Police say they received reports of an altercation between a group of people at Lakeshore Boulevard West and Islington Avenue shortly after 6 a.m.

TORONTO — More workers at the Ontario Science Centre are set to lose their jobs as the abruptly shuttered east-Toronto attraction contemplates a move to a temporary home, potentially in a neighbouring city.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the amount Canadians owe relative to their income ticked lower in the second quarter. The agency says household credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income fell to 175.

TORONTO — Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. has signed a deal to buy wealth management business Brooks Macdonald Asset Management (International) Ltd.

TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada says Katherine Gibson will take over the role of chief financial officer permanently, effective immediately.