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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Ontario to table ‘ambitious’ economic update, Doug Ford says Ontario’s finance minister is set to table his fall economic statement today, which the premier says is an ambitious plan to build highways, hospitals and homes. Premier Doug Ford […]

TORONTO — In a nook of the gleaming new Arc’teryx store on Toronto’s Bloor Street West, Jesse Chan and Yamel Zacarias rifled through a rack of jackets most would consider misfits one October afternoon. Some had gashes or nicks in their sleeves, a stubborn musk or zippers that wouldn’t budge with the best of tugs. […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s finance minister is set to table his fall economic statement today, which the premier says is an ambitious plan to build highways, hospitals and homes. Premier Doug Ford also says the economic update maintains his government’s path to balance, which in the spring budget had Ontario running deficits until 2026-27. Ford and […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stützle and Adam Gaudette each scored two goals as the Ottawa Senators beat the St. Louis Blues 8-1 on Tuesday night. The game was delayed 30 minutes due to power outage at the Canadian Tire Centre, but the Senators offense came out fully charged after that. Josh Norris […]

OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stützle and Adam Gaudette each scored two goals as the Ottawa Senators thumped the St. Louis Blues 8-1 on Tuesday night. The game was delayed 30 minutes due to power outage at the Canadian Tire Centre, but the Senators (5-4-0) offence came out fully charged after that. Josh Norris scored […]

KITCHENER, Ont. — The Kitchener Rangers scored on a penalty shot, on the power play and while short-handed en route to a 6-1 Ontario Hockey League victory over the visiting Sarnia Sting on Tuesday night. Andrew Vermeulen, Luca Romano, Cameron Mercer, Chris Grisolia, Jakub Chromiak and Cameron Reid all scored for the Midwest Division-leading Rangers […]

TORONTO — The keynote speaker at a series of lectures hosted by artificial intelligence luminary Geoffrey Hinton says the technology will get better than humans at cyber offence by the end of the decade. The views Jacob Steinhardt has are based around his belief that AI systems will become “superhuman” with coding tasks and finding […]

GRIMSBY, Ont. — Police in Niagara Region say they’re investigating an explosion at a school that injured a female staff member. Investigators say they were called to Central French Immersion Public School in Grimsby around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and found there was an explosion in an outdoor garbage bin area. The Niagara Regional Police Service […]

OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has rejected the idea of the Liberal caucus holding a secret ballot on Justin Trudeau’s leadership, saying it’s “just not how Liberals govern themselves.” Last week, 24 members of the caucus signed on to a letter calling on the prime minister to step down, but the next day […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index ticked lower Tuesday, weighed down by losses in telecom, utilities and energy, while U.S. stock markets were mixed and the Nasdaq hit a new record. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 3.11 points at 24,562.55. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 154.52 points at 42,233.05. […]