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WIKWEMIKONG, Ont. — Police say two people have been charged in the death of an infant in a First Nation on Manitoulin Island. Ontario Provincial Police say an infant in Wikwemikong First Nation was taken to hospital on May 8. OPP say they were called to help Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service with the investigation on […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower on Tuesday, weighed down by energy stocks as oil prices retreated, while U.S. markets inched higher and the Dow added a few points to Monday’s record high. U.S. investors are waiting in anticipation of earnings Wednesday from semiconductor giant Nvidia, one of the main drivers of market […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s consul general in New York has been given a second opportunity to testify before a House of Commons committee about his official residence, which the government recently purchased for $9 million. Tom Clark has been called to appear before the government operations committee on Sept. 12 or on a date later that […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower on Tuesday, weighed down by energy stocks as oil prices retreated, while U.S. markets inched higher and the Dow added a few points to Monday’s record high. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 89.01 points at 23,259.96. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up […]

HAMILTON — Hamilton police are searching for three suspects who allegedly used a popular dating app to set up a meeting with a 20-year-old man they then robbed at gunpoint. Police allege the suspects used a dating app on Friday to set up a meeting with the man for later that day. They say when […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s Governor General will attend Wednesday’s opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Games in Paris as part of a trip to France. Mary Simon will meet with Canadian athletes in the village before the evening’s opening ceremonies at Place de la Concorde. Canada’s first Indigenous governor general will represent the country at a reception […]

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — A 17-year-old from Ontario who was about to start his studies at the University of British Columbia is dead after climbing over a fence and falling off a cliff in a popular Metro Vancouver park. North Vancouver assistant fire chief Dwayne Derban said the boy was with three friends in an […]

TORONTO — Toronto is developing criteria to determine which sites would be acceptable for commercial dog walkers to use across the city, as a ban on the walkers at an off-leash area in one park has brought the issue under the spotlight. The issue came before city council this summer, when a two-part motion brought […]

TORONTO — Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Canada, with some provinces reporting sharp increases compared to pre-pandemic averages. More than 11,670 cases have been reported in Quebec so far this year, a significant jump from the annual average of 562 cases between 2015 and 2019. The majority of whooping cough patients are […]

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — A 17-year-old from Ontario is dead after climbing over a fence and falling off the edge of a cliff in a popular park in North Vancouver, B.C. Dwayne Derban, assistant fire chief with North Vancouver Fire and Rescue, says the boy was in an off-trail area of Lynn Canyon Park when […]