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Police are offering a cash reward for information about a string of pumpkin-throwing incidents in London, Ont., over the long weekend. Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday after a pumpkin struck a transportation truck’s windshield on eastbound Highway 401 near Old Victoria Road, causing serious damage. Police say about 40 […]

OTTAWA — The chances of a half-percentage point interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada became more likely Tuesday after Statistics Canada reported the annual inflation rate fell to 1.6 per cent in September. Economist Tu Nguyen of accounting and consultancy firm RSM Canada said she had expected the inflation rate to remain close […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index nudged down in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also slipped. The S&P/TSX composite index dipped by 32.93 points to 24,438.24. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 84.99 points at 42,980.23. The S&P 500 index was down 20.99 points at 5,838.86, while the Nasdaq composite […]

OTTAWA — As Canada’s decision to expel New Delhi’s top envoy and five other diplomats makes front page news in India, International Trade Minister Mary Ng is trying to reassure Canadian businesses with ties to the country. On Monday, the RCMP warned the public about a rash of crimes including murder, extortion and coercion that […]

TORONTO — Ontario is investing $146 million into the life sciences sector as it tries to become a world leader in biomanufacturing and health sciences. Premier Doug Ford has announced the second phase of the province’s life sciences strategy, which will see the province put $46 million into an infrastructure fund to boost research capacity […]

TORONTO — The experimental Toronto-based opera company Against the Grain Theatre has recruited award-winning librettist Royce Vavrek as its new artistic director. The Alberta-born, Brooklyn-based Vavrek is taking the reins from founding artistic director Joel Ivany, who left the role last year. The company, founded in 2010, is known for staging operas in unexpected places, […]

TORONTO — Ontario is planning to make cities ask the province for permission if they want to install bike lanes that would remove lanes of vehicle traffic. Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria says too many drivers are stuck in gridlock as a result of bike lanes that were installed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The requirement for […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, fell 0.6 per cent to $81.9 billion in August. The agency says sales fell in five of the seven subsectors with the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories subsector down 1.8 per cent at […]

OTTAWA — The Canadian Real Estate Association is downgrading its housing market forecast for the remainder of the year again, saying the Bank of Canada’s interest rate cuts haven’t spurred the gradual improvement it previously anticipated. CREA says it now thinks the national housing market will remain in “more of a holding pattern” until next […]

TORONTO — Tomorrow’s Golf League has announced that all of its matches will be carried live in Canada on Sportsnet or Sportsnet+. The new tech-infused golf league features six teams of PGA Tour stars playing in a season-long competition. It launches in prime time on Jan. 7 with a season that goes to March. TGL […]