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OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs have voted to reject a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal, reached in July with the Canadian government. The deal was struck between Canada, the Chiefs of Ontario, Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Assembly of First Nations after a nearly two-decade legal fight over the federal government’s underfunding of on-reserve […]

TORONTO — A lawyer representing a woman who alleged in a CTV report that she was sexually assaulted by eight Ontario Hockey League players in 2014 said her client is now deciding how she wishes to proceed. The woman, who used the pseudonym Anne Marie in a W5 report that aired Wednesday, said the alleged […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose more than 100 points Thursday, led by gains in energy stocks, while U.S. markets were mixed. Tech stocks in the U.S. got a boost earlier in the day after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported stronger earnings than expected. The positive news helped offset a recent disappointing report from […]

TORONTO — MLSE president and CEO Keith Pelley and Toronto FC’s top officials have promised change at the ailing MLS club, which is sitting out the playoffs for the fourth straight season. Pelley says while the franchise’s entire organizational structure is under review, it is going to take some time to find the right answers. […]

OTTAWA — With a simmering mutiny plot in the backbenches and four more cabinet ministers deciding not to seek re-election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s attempt to right the Liberal ship and stay on as captain is becoming more challenging. Trudeau is expected to shuffle his cabinet again after the ministers informed the Prime Minister’s Office […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s top court has ordered a new hearing for a youth-led constitutional challenge of the provincial government’s emissions target. The Ontario Court of Appeal’s ruling sends the case back to the lower court for a new hearing. It found the lower court judge’s analysis was flawed on some key points and the case […]

TORONTO — Upcoming legislation that would require cities to get provincial approval for some bike lanes is a “significant overreach” of power, Ontario municipalities say, while Premier Doug Ford vowed Thursday to go even further and remove existing lanes. None of the 444 members of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario were consulted or shown […]

TORONTO (AP) — The Ontario Hockey League said Thursday it is taking sexual assault allegations against eight former players “very seriously” and will cooperate with any police investigation. A woman said in a CTV report that aired Wednesday she was sexually assaulted by eight OHL players in November 2014 at a house where a 19-year-old […]

TORONTO — Hot Docs says it will gradually resume programming in early December and host another edition of Canada’s largest documentary film festival next spring, after months of restructuring and cost-cutting. The struggling organization had temporarily closed its flagship Toronto theatre in May and laid off staff over the summer, citing “urgent” financial challenges. Hot […]

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it’s very disturbing that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won’t get the top-level security clearance needed to view classified documents on foreign interference. Singh said party leaders need to be briefed on top-secret information, noting the allegations this week that Indian agents played a role in the extortion, coercion […]