Ontario News

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index got a lift from rising U.S. markets Thursday, closing higher in spite of weakness in the financials sector. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 77.43 points at 20,337.21.

Canada's three remaining captive walruses have been moved to a new marine park in Abu Dhabi. Smooshi and her baby, Koyuk, from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont.

A growing number of rural municipalities in Ontario are expressing interest in implementing a four-day work week, a group that supports local governments says, as another community in the province begins offering the model to staff.

Southern Ontario is bracing for another spell of winter weather with heavy snow in the forecast. Environment Canada has issued winter storm watches for most of southern Ontario where it's forecasting up to 20 centimetres.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say an 18-year-old man and six youth have been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing outside a school in Brampton, Ont., this week.

TORONTO — Justin Bieber is wiping the last of his Justice tour dates from the calendar. A run of concerts that include stops in Europe, the United States and Australia all changed to a "cancelled" status on Ticketmaster this week.

TORONTO — An industry coalition is calling on Ottawa to broaden its trusted traveller pilot program and roll it out across the country.

Ottawa police have laid 12 charges against a 35-year-old man in connection to an explosion last month that injured 12 people. People in the Orleans area were awoken in the early morning of Feb.

TORONTO — DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says light vehicle sales in Canada were up 5.1 per cent in Februrary from a year earlier. The automotive industry research firm estimates 103,771 new light vehicles were sold in the month.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — The case of a Toronto police officer charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault in the death of a 19-year-old has been put over to next month. Const.