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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Maple Leaf Foods Inc. reported a profit in its latest quarter compared with a loss a year ago as its sales edged lower. The company says its profit amounted to $51.6 million or 42 cents per share for the quarter ended March 31 compared with a loss of $57.7 million or 48 […]

TORONTO — Traditional wealth management firms are at an increasing risk of losing younger clients, particularly as new rules to make investment fees more transparent loom, a new survey shows. An investor satisfaction study by J.D. Power finds 25 per cent of generation Z respondents and 22 per cent of millennials would consider switching wealth […]

It’s byelection day in two Ontario ridings and one of the races appears to be quite competitive. Polls and observers suggest the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals are neck and neck in Milton, just west of Mississauga, while the Tories are largely expected to hold onto the southwest Ontario riding of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex. Milton has been vacant […]

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Sandis Vilmanis’s second goal of the game, scored at 6:02 of overtime, lifted the North Bay Battalion to a 5-4 victory over the visiting Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League’s Eastern Conference final series on Wednesday. The win prevented a series sweep by the Generals, who still lead the best-of-seven […]

TORONTO — Natalie Spooner scored twice in leading Toronto to clinching first place in the Professional Women’s Hockey League with a 4-1 win over Minnesota on Wednesday. Toronto (12-4-0-7) moved ahead of Montreal (10-3-5-5) in the standings with 44 points, while holding the tiebreaker in case of a tie by regular season’s end. Both teams […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment has ordered a petrochemical facility in Sarnia to suspend its production operations after high benzene emissions, first flagged by a neighbouring First Nation. Aamjiwnaang First Nation, which is surrounded by industrial facilities and monitors air quality readings, recently said citizens fell ill and there were high emissions of […]