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TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index eked out a gain Thursday thanks to energy and base metals, while U.S. stock markets fell, though they managed to pare back deeper losses from the morning.  The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 11.66 points at 21,885.38. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 375.12 points […]

TORONTO — CBC is not renewing “Run the Burbs,” Andrew Phung’s suburban sitcom, for a fourth season. Phung, who co-created and stars in the show, shared the news on social media. “Run the Burbs,” which premiered on CBC in 2022, follows the Phams, a Vietnamese-South Asian Canadian family that upends traditional gender roles while making […]

Honda Motor Co. plans to build a $15-billion electric vehicle battery plant next to its Alliston, Ont., plant, which it will retool to produce EVs, the company announced on Thursday. The project includes up to $5 billion in public funding and is the latest in a string of EV-related announcements, many of which also saw […]

TORONTO — There were tears in the Simcoe County Rovers’ locker room ahead of Wednesday’s Canadian Championship game against Toronto FC as players’ family and friends offered love and support by video. “Go Rovers,” was the repeated refrain from loved ones young and old.  “So proud of you and the hard work and dedication that’s […]

TORONTO — An Ontario legislator has refused to remove her keffiyeh at Queen’s Park and is subsequently banned from returning to the chamber for the rest of the day. Speaker Ted Arnott ordered independent member Sarah Jama to leave the chamber, but she refused. Legislative security did not physically remove her from question period, so […]

TORONTO — The owners of Ted Baker’s Canadian operations have filed for court protection from creditors in a bid to help the retailer get enough “breathing room” to decide whether to liquidate and wind down the business or pursue other unspecified alternatives.  In court filings  Wednesday, lawyers for the ownership group — OSL Fashion Canada […]

TORONTO (AP) — Bob Cole, the voice of hockey in Canada for a half century who served as the soundtrack for some of the national sport’s biggest moments, has died. He was 90. Friend and fellow broadcaster John Shannon said Cole died Wednesday night in his hometown of St. John’s, the capital of the Canadian […]

TORONTO — Rogers Communications and the NHL have reached an exclusive agreement with Amazon’s Prime Video to carry Monday regular-season games in Canada for the next two seasons. Rogers and the league said in a joint statement Thursday that Prime Monday Night Hockey will stream all national regular season Monday night NHL games in English […]

TORONTO — The Writers Guild of Canada says its members have voted to authorize a strike if negotiators can’t reach a deal with the Canadian Media Producers Association. The WGC says 96.5 per cent of those who voted were in favour of authorizing a strike, and a record 70.2 per cent of eligible voters cast […]

TORONTO — Mining company BHP Group Ltd. says it has make a takeover offer for Anglo American plc. worth about US$39 billion. BHP says the combined company would have a portfolio of large, low-cost assets focused on iron ore and metallurgical coal as well as potash and copper.  Under the plan proposed by BHP, Anglo […]