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TORONTO — A newly released report suggests new apartments across Canada should be required to make their parking spots electric-vehicle ready as a way to help boost uptake. The Clean Energy Canada report says provincial and federal building codes should be updated to require multi-unit apartment buildings to have parking spots fit for EV charging. […]

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay asked an Ontario court Wednesday to approve a restructuring agreement that will give it a short timeline to save the six stores it has so far spared from liquidation. A new version of the agreement will force the retailer to start liquidating those stores on April 8, if it hasn’t found […]

An off-duty Ontario Provincial Police officer has been arrested and charged after a recent road rage incident in northern Ontario. Provincial police say officers responded to an altercation between two motorists on March 17 in Temiskaming Shores, Ont. They say a 54-year-old man from the city was charged with assault after an investigation. Police say […]

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada likely would have hit pause on its interest rate lowering cycle earlier this month were it not for the substantial uncertainty around tariffs from the United States. The central bank today released a summary of the discussions that led to its quarter-point rate cut two weeks ago in a […]

TORONTO — The University of Toronto has named neuroscientist Melanie Woodin as its 17th president. The U of T’s governing council says Woodin, who holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the school, will succeed current President Meric Gertler on July 1. The university’s governing council made the announcement today, and Woodin says she is “deeply […]

Toronto police are investigating after a teenage girl was struck and killed by a car in the city’s east end this morning. Police say they were called to the scene in Scarborough just before 10 a.m. for a report of a female pedestrian being hit. They say paramedics responded but the pedestrian, a 15-year-old girl, […]

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay asked an Ontario court Wednesday to approve a restructuring agreement that will give it a short timeline to save the six stores it has so far spared from liquidation. A new version of the agreement will force the retailer to start liquidating those stores on April 8, if it hasn’t found […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was lower in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the technology and base metal sectors, while energy stocks climbed as the price of oil topped US$70 per barrel. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 62.59 points at 25,276.92. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up […]

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay is asking an Ontario court to approve a restructuring agreement that will give it a short timeline to save the six stores it recently spared from liquidation. Lawyers for the ailing department store want permission to move forward with an agreement it struck with lenders that will force it to start […]

TORONTO — A new report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says 47 per cent of small businesses do not consider the U.S. a reliable trading partner. The business group says the disruption caused by U.S.-Canada tariffs is causing business owners to shift suppliers and investments to domestic and international markets other than the […]