The Vancouver-based company said it earned $534 million of $4.29 per diluted share in the first quarter, up from $427.8 million or $3.42 per share a year earlier.

The last few days have not been kind to IAMGOLD, which has seen costs at its Northern Ontario Côté mine project balloon, and operating engineers – personnel critical to site works – go on strike.

An Ontario Liberal government would spend $10 billion to build and repair schools if elected in June, with the party pledging to fund the promise by cancelling the planned Highway 413.

The proposed Highway 413 is set to serve Greater Toronto Area communities including Vaughan, Ont., and Brampton, Ont., a region holding several seats that all three major parties consider to be in play.

The more than 15,000 members of the International Union of Operating Engineers across Ontario’s industrial, commercial and institutional sectors went on strike May 2. Other trades are further along with deals with their employer counterparts.