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TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index inched lower in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the utility sector, as U.S. stock markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 8.52 points at 24,154.31. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 123.99 points at 42,228.76. The S&P 500 index was down […]

Dr. Rosemarie Lall says she was overworked and on the brink of either scaling back her practice or retiring early when she turned to artificial intelligence in a last-ditch effort to manage mounting paperwork. The Toronto family physician says she would regularly go home and work on her patients’ files well into the night. But […]

TORONTO — Hudbay Minerals Inc. has reached settlement agreements covering three civil lawsuits in connection with the Fenix nickel project in Guatemala that the company sold in 2011. The company says the settlements conclude all outstanding legal matters related to its former activities in Guatemala. The agreements covered alleged actions that occurred in Guatemala in […]

TORONTO — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to the construction of a massive rail-and-truck hub in the Greater Toronto Area, allowing the project to proceed. In a unanimous ruling Friday, a three-judge panel found that a decision by the federal government to allow Canadian National Railway Co. to build the terminal […]

OTTAWA — The Oct. 7 attack by Hamas fighters on Israel last year, and the immediate Israeli retaliation that followed, sent shockwaves throughout the world that have shaken Canada culturally and politically. Here is a look at some of the major developments in Canada related to the conflict. Oct. 7, 2023 — Hamas-led militants launched […]

OTTAWA — A federal inquiry into foreign interference is slated to hear today from security officials working in the office that supports the prime minister. Various employees of the Privy Council Office that work on security and intelligence matters are scheduled to appear. Representatives of the Canadian Heritage Department are also expected to testify today. […]

TORONTO — As a fiction writer, Ian Williams has dissected conversation. He’s learned its rhythm and texture, found its liver and lungs, so he can transmute it into dialogue on the page. As a person in the world — a professor, a public intellectual and a non-fiction writer — he feels a responsibility to share […]

TORONTO (AP) — Although “The Room Next Door” is Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, Tilda Swinton notes that he’s never written in a language that anyone else truly speaks. “He writes in Pedro language, and here he is making another film in another version of Pedro language, which just happens to sound a little bit […]

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says it has now helped more than 1,000 passengers leave Lebanon as the conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah intensifies. The department says one flight on Saturday open to Canadians in Lebanon carried 126 passengers, and another on Sunday carried 139 out of the country. The department […]

TORONTO — A man serving time at a Toronto jail is facing a new criminal charge after the death of a fellow inmate. Toronto police provided few details about the case, which began on Thursday when a man was allegedly assaulted at the Toronto South Detention Centre. They say 69-year-old Euplio Cusano was taken to […]