Ontario News

TORONTO — George Weston Ltd. (TSX:WN) reported an improved second-quarter profit compared with a year ago, boosted by its Loblaw operations.

TORONTO — Norbord Inc. (TSX:OSB) increased its dividend as it reported its second-quarter profit more than doubled compared with a year ago.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Sitting in the clubhouse at Glen Abbey Golf Course during a nearly two-hour suspension of play Ollie Schniederjans, Kevin Chappell and Matt Every all killed time in different ways.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — There's tons of pressure on Mackenzie Hughes. Playing near his hometown, in his national championship, with dozens of family and friends in the gallery watching.

MOUNT ALBERT, Ont. — Two people are dead and three others are in hospital after a multi-vehicle crash that has closed a highway north of Toronto, provincial police say.

TORONTO — Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman's emotions are always close to the surface. On Thursday they bubbled over.

TORONTO — Steve Pearce and Kendrys Morales hammered their way into the Blue Jays record book Thursday afternoon as Toronto finished off a four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with panache.

SHERBROOKE, Que. — A passenger struck a Quebec bus driver in the head with a baseball bat after a dispute over a cat, police said Thursday.

WATERLOO, Ont. — A 29-year-old woman is facing a criminal charge related to a suspicious death near Cambridge, Ont. The body of 32-year-old Christopher Deweese of Kitchener, Ont.

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, July 27 ——— INQUIRY LEAVES FIRST NATIONS LEADERS DIVIDED: The head of the Assembly of First Nations says Indigenous leaders are divided on the fate of the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women