Ontario News

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down almost 200 points Monday,weighed down by losses in information technology, utilities and energy, while U.S. stock markets were also in the red. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 189.

TORONTO — A coroner's inquest into the drug-related deaths of five inmates at an Ontario jail heard Monday that one of them used to "self medicate" with drugs to cope with mental illness and tragedy in his life.

TORONTO — A foreign supply of children's pain and fever medication should land on Canadian retail shelves in the coming weeks, Health Canada said Monday.

TORONTO — Education workers at Ontario's legislature erupted into cheers and applause on Monday as Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government repealed a law that had imposed a contract on them and banned them from striking.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without veteran defenceman Jake Muzzin for at least the next three months. The team said Monday that Muzzin is out indefinitely with a cervical spine injury and will be re-evaluated in late February.

Hourly wages needed to live in Ontario have increased amid decades-high inflation and remain well above the province's minimum wage, according to a new report.

TORONTO — Nickelback is getting a spot in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The rock hitmakers from Hanna, Alta. have been named as the latest inductees into the illustrious home of Canada's top music talent.

TORONTO — Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. says if Rio Tinto's proposal to take the company private does not go ahead its immediate priority will be to address the company's liquidity concerns.

TORONTO — A coroner's inquest into the death of a distraught teen shot by a Toronto police officer has been postponed.

TORONTO — Nickelback will headline Boots and Hearts next year, marking their first appearance at the country music festival. Organizer Republic Live announced its headliners and a first batch of performers this morning.