Ontario News

TORONTO — A landlord who repeatedly ignored his tenants' requests to respect their prayer times and remove his shoes in their prayer space violated their religious rights, Ontario's human rights tribunal has ruled.

MONTREAL — The parents of a Montreal pre-kindergarten student want a school board to act after their four-year-old daughter was forced to clean up her own urine following an accident on the playground last week.

WHITEHORSE — A climber trapped on Canada's highest mountain was uninjured, healthy and has a good supply of food and fuel, a Parks Canada spokeswoman said Wednesday.

TORONTO — Having suffered at least four concussions himself, former NHL forward Keith Primeau has a good idea of what injured Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby is going through. Head injuries eventually forced Primeau from the game in 2006.

TORONTO — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is issuing a nationwide recall warning for 1.14-litre bottles of Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin.

TORONTO — Blasting songs through a smartphone is becoming an increasingly popular habit for Canadian music fans.

TORONTO — CIBC is hiking its friendly takeover offer for Chicago-based PrivateBancorp to $6.8 billion, the second increase in recent weeks. The Toronto-based bank (TSX:CM) is now offering US$27.20 in cash and 0.4176 of a CIBC common share.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A sandwich shop in New Westminster, B.C., is proving that even an A-list actor can't resist the lure of free food. Alex Johrden, spokesman for Big Star Sandwich Co.

WINNIPEG — A woman is alleging a Winnipeg spa body-shamed her when it refused to give her a pedicure due to her size. Kimberly Adie says she felt gutted and cried her eyes out after she was turned away from A1 Nails Pampers on Saturday.

TORONTO — The company that operates most of Ontario's power grid is reporting a 20 per cent drop in first-quarter profit. Hydro One Ltd. (TSX:H) had $167 million of net income attributable to common shareholders in the quarter, or 28 cents per share.