Crash closes highway

The Okanagan Saturday

Highway 97 near Gorman’s Mill between West Kelowna and Peachland was completely closed for a while Friday morning and partially all day following a collision.

Emergency crews were called to the scene of a collision involving a semi-tractor trailer unit and an SUV along Highway 97 between Glenrosa Road and the Highway 97 C interchange at 7:55 a.m.

The northbound commercial vehicle may have jack-knifed, collided with the centre median concrete barriers, then struck an SUV travelling in the opposite direction, said Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey.

Initial details from the scene suggested no serious injuries were sustained in the crash.

TORONTO (CP) — The Toronto Stock Exchange’s main index closed little changed on Friday as a news report alleging illegal practices at TD Bank dragged down the financial sector on a day that otherwise saw strong economic news.

The S&P/TSX composite index edged up 9.84 points to 15,506.68 points.

Stocks in the financials sector lost on average more than one per cent of their worth. TD Bank’s shares were among the top five biggest decliners of the day on the index.

A CBC story on Friday reported that hundreds of current and former employees at the bank contacted the broadcaster, with some alleging they broke the law to reach sales targets. TD denied the reports.