Ontario public servants have won additional pay increases of 6.5 per cent – the latest in a series of retroactive pay decisions for workers affected by a wage restraint law that was found unconstitutional.

An arbitrator has awarded those members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union the extra pay in response to a “reopener” clause they had in the contract they signed in 2022, which at the time was subject to a law known as Bill 124.

That 2019 law capped salary increases for

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:

Toronto Stock Exchange (21,025.78, down 8.81 points):

Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Finance. Down $1.40, or 1.05 per cent, to $132.34 on 20.3 million shares.

B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Mining. Down 42 cents,

Ottawa’s Rideau Canal is set to close for skating at 10 p.m. this evening, just four days after a section of the skateway was first opened for the season.

The National Capital Commission says on its website that the closure is temporary and will last until further notice.

It says closing the canal will help preserve the ice and limit damage, with above-zero temperatures and the chance of rain expected in the coming days.

Many Ottawa residents were relieved when the skateway partially opened Sunday, after

OTTAWA — Sweden is inching closer to joining NATO, and Defence Minister Bill Blair says that’s “pretty exciting” for Canada.

Sweden and Finland both asked to join the alliance after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago — something that requires unanimous consent of all members.

Finland became a member last April, but Hungary and Turkey opposed Sweden’s bid to join until recently.

Turkey’s parliament voted in support of Sweden on Tuesday.

And Hungary’s prime minister now says

WASHINGTON (AP) — on Wednesday vetoed a Republican measure that would have blocked a White House waiver that allows some foreign-made content in federally funded chargers for .

The White House said the GOP plan would actually block made-in-America , since it would revert U.S. policy to a 1980s rule that allows foreign content in U.S. manufacturing.

The GOP bill “would eliminate the domestic manufacturing requirement for electric vehicle chargers, thereby harming domestic manufacturing and American jobs,”

NEW YORK (AP) — Even as Donald Trump seeks his third straight Republican presidential nomination, his live appearances still present an unsolved riddle for many news outlets: How do you cover him?

The question hung in the air as CNN, MSNBC and some streaming outlets started — then stopped — showing following Tuesday’s . There was little hand-wringing at Fox News Channel and Newsmax, networks that appeal to Trump supporters. They carried the former president’s remarks in full.

Outlets weigh whether an event’s

Tenants in Ontario are largely afforded a high degree of privacy in their rental units, but there are several grey areas in the law that are open to interpretation.

The Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) does not always prescribe exact rules or solutions for specific situations but often uses broad terms covering general scenarios.

When it comes to privacy, the umbrella term used is “interference,” explains Karen Andrews, a staff lawyer with the Advocacy Center for Tenants Ontario (ACTO).

“The legislature did not sit down and do

A man charged with stalking and harassment after his arrest near singer Taylor Swift’s Manhattan townhouse had been spotted there dozens of times in the past two months and was repeatedly asked to leave, according to court documents released Wednesday.

David Crowe, 33, of Seattle, was taken into custody Monday evening by officers responding to complaints of an emotionally disturbed man acting erratically near Swift’s home in the exclusive Tribeca neighborhood, a New York Police Department spokesperson said.

Crowe was arraigned Wednesday on stalking and harassment charges and

“Barbie” was the , the highest-grossing movie ever directed by a woman and a bona fide cultural sensation that and left a still-going trail of think pieces in the wake of

But while “Barbie” , including best picture, it was easily bested by its unlikely double-feature partner at the box office, And when the Academy Awards many saw some of the same patriarchy parodied in “Barbie” at work.

Even Ken was furious.

“There is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no