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TORONTO — Strength in the energy sector helped Canada’s main stock index gain more than 100 points in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 127.03 points at 24,680.43. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 251.34 points at 41,739.53. The S&P 500 index was […]

An Ontario court has found that an attack at a University of Waterloo gender studies class nearly two years ago was not terrorism but constituted a “particularly grave” hate crime. The judge sentencing Geovanny Villalba-Aleman says that hatred was “the primary motivation” for the June 2023 stabbing, which is a significant aggravating factor. More coming. […]

TORONTO — The Toronto bar where 12 people were injured when masked gunmen opened fire earlier this month says it’s co-operating with police and is “heartbroken” by the mass shooting. The bar’s first public statement since the March 7 shooting expressed gratitude for the first responders and relief that no one was killed. The statement […]

TORONTO — Longtime former “Breakfast Television” co-host Dina Pugliese is settling back into the chair. Pugliese announced her return on the show Monday by stepping onto the set in a moose costume before removing the mascot-style head to raucous cheers from the crew. Pugliese will also serve as a co-executive producer on the program, which […]

OTTAWA — The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in February fell to their lowest level in more than a year as homebuyers stayed on the sidelines amid the uncertainty created by the trade war with the United States. The association says actual home sales in February were down 10.4 per cent compared with […]

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in February slowed four per cent compared with January. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate housing starts came in at 229,030 units for February, down from 239,322 in January. The result came as the pace of starts […]

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s move Friday to end the consumer carbon price has done little to put the long-standing political battle to rest. Rather, Carney’s theatrical document signing led to another heated debate about whether the paper he signed was even a real thing. The signing ceremony came as Carney allowed media in […]

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay is set to be back in court Monday morning where it will seek approval to begin liquidating its entire business, putting more than 9,000 jobs at risk. The department store holding the title of Canada’s oldest company says it has been forced toward a full liquidation because “exhaustive” efforts haven’t turned […]

Five years ago, Ontarians suddenly found themselves staying home as part of a bigger push to “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic. What was initially meant to last two weeks stretched into months of evolving public-health measures. Ahead of the anniversary of Ontario declaring a state of emergency in response to the novel coronavirus, […]

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Owen Van Steensel scored four minutes into overtime to lift the visiting Barrie Colts to a 5-4 Ontario Hockey League victory over the North Bay Battalion on Sunday at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens. Dalyn Wakely scored twice for the Central Division-leading Colts (41-21-2-2), who outshot the hosts 44-32. Jaiden Newton and […]