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TORONTO — Toronto police say an officer has been rushed to hospital after being shot in the city’s midtown area. Police say it happened around 5:30 p.m. after officers stopped a vehicle while conducting an investigation in the Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue area. They say one person was arrested at the scene and another […]

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays moved quickly by making some coaching changes after a last-place finish in the American League East. Now the heavy lifting begins. General manager Ross Atkins has his work cut out for him entering the off-season. The offence requires a big boost, the bullpen needs an overhaul and star players […]

TORONTO — Amazon Web Services’ director of global artificial intelligence is encouraging Canada not to go it alone when it comes to regulating the technology. Nicole Foster says Canada should settle on AI legislation that is interoperable with guardrails other countries use. If Canada goes for a bespoke set of regulations, she says it would […]

TORONTO — The head of Canada’s banking regulator says the recent decision to relax a mortgage stress test rule was shaped in part by concerns about public perception of the agency. Superintendent of Financial Institutions Peter Routledge says the removal of the need to stress test uninsured mortgages when borrowers are making a straight switch […]

OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is upping the ante for the Liberals, threatening to move toward an election as early as next week if the government doesn’t back a plan to increase old age security payments. Most Liberals voted against a Bloc motion on Wednesday calling for the government to give a royal […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index retreated from its all-time high on Wednesday, weighed down by telecom, industrial and utilities stocks, while U.S. markets drifted higher. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 32.44 points at 24,001.55. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 39.55 points at 42,196.52. The S&P 500 index was […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Iran’s missile attack on Israel Wednesday, but said the international community must do everything it can to help avoid a bigger regional war. Exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon over the last year erupted into broader violence in the last week as Israel ramped up […]

OTTAWA — The Liberals say they will not support the Bloc Québécois in a House of Commons vote about increasing old age security payments for all seniors, despite an ultimatum by the opposition party that threatens to topple the minority government. Liberal House leader Karina Gould said her party won’t vote in favour of a […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning Iran’s missile attack on Israel, but says the international community must do everything it can to help avoid a bigger regional war. Exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon over the last year erupted into broader violence in the last week as Israel ramped up […]

OTTAWA — A former Alberta politician says publicity about foreign interference is discouraging Chinese Canadians from seeking elected office or even making donations to candidates. Teresa Woo-Paw, who sat in the Alberta legislature from 2008 to 2015, told a public inquiry today that members of the Chinese community are putting aside thoughts of running in […]