TORONTO – Natural-gas company Enbridge has applied to Ontario regulators for a nearly 40 per cent hike in the energy rates it charges customers, just one month after predicting that its massive storage capacity should mute any price increase.
The company says the extended cold weather in the province has forced it to purchase more natural gas at a higher cost.
If approved by the Ontario Energy Board, the rate increase would take effect April 1.
WEATHER
Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries early this morning. A few rain showers beginning late this afternoon. Wind becoming southwest 40 km/h gusting to 60 late this morning. High 6.
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TRAFFIC AND TRANSIT
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SPORTS:
Leafs:
Mason Raymond broke a tie with a short-handed goal early in the third period and the Maple Leafs snapped the Kings’ eight-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory Thursday night.
IN THE NEWS…
Two women were taken to hospital following an early morning knife attack in North York. Toronto EMS confirms the injuries are serious but non-life threatening.
Thirty per cent of callers to Service Canada’s EI help centres weren’t able to get through, according to government numbers filed with the House of Commons in January.
India said Friday it was expanding its search for the missing Malaysian jetliner to seas west of the Andaman Islands as the international hunt shifted toward the Indian Ocean amid signs that the jet may have flown on for hours after last contact.
Police photographs of Oscar Pistorius standing with his blood-stained prosthetic legs and wearing shorts covered in blood, taken shortly after the athlete fatally shot his girlfriend, were shown to the court at his murder trial Friday.
ALSO COMING UP TODAY…
Mercy For Animals Canada to release hidden-camera video of animal abuse secretly recorded at an Ontario turkey factory farm. (11 a.m. at Westin Harbour Castle Hotel)
Immigration Minister Chris Alexander to highlight the benefits for Ontario of the free-trade deal with South Korea (3 p.m. at Korean Canadian Cultural Association)
Over 110 days, Canadian Olympic athlete Clara Hughes will ride her bike across the country, visiting 95 communities ending on Parliament Hill on Canada Day. (5 p.m. at Maple Leaf Square)
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