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TORONTO — Canadian and U.S. stock markets made a turnaround Friday afternoon to end a rocky week on a more positive note, with Canada’s main stock index gaining almost 200 points and U.S. markets also rising. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 174.72 points at 24,758.76. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was […]

OTTAWA — The federal government says it’s going to implement a new 30-business-day guarantee for passports. That means Ottawa promises to either process a passport application within 30 business days or refund the fee. Citizens’ Services Minister Terry Beech says that change is coming this year, along with an online renewal option that will launch […]

HAMILTON — A high-speed stolen car chase ended with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy in Hamilton’s east end, police said in an update Friday. Police say the teen was driving a stolen car when it crashed with another stolen vehicle, one of at least three chasing him through Hamilton’s east end early Thursday […]

OTTAWA — With tax filing season well underway, the Canada Revenue Agency has told 450 of its term employees across the country that their contracts won’t be renewed at the end of the month. Etienne Biram, a spokesperson for the agency, says the CRA regularly reviews its financial resources to “ensure sustainable operations and alignment […]

OTTAWA — Harsh winter weather put a chill on Canada’s labour market in February as employers braced for headwinds from the looming trade dispute with the United States. Statistics Canada said Friday that the Canadian economy added just 1,100 jobs last month, falling short of economists’ expectations and well below the 76,000 jobs added in […]

TORONTO — Buffy Sainte-Marie has lost her Juno awards, Polaris Music Prize honours and her induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as arts organizations respond to a statement from the singer saying she is not Canadian. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences says it will revoke her five Juno wins and […]

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Friday pledged to amend the Conflict of Interest Act to require that party leadership candidates make financial disclosures similar to those cabinet ministers must make — closing what Poilievre calls the “Carney loophole.” The change would direct all leadership candidates to disclose their financial holdings to the conflict […]

MARKHAM, Ont. — One person is dead and another was injured Friday morning when suspects carried out a “brazen” double shooting inside a suburban Markham, Ont., home, police said, a residence they say had been repeatedly targeted in recent years. The home in the city’s northeast had been shot at five times since 2018, and […]

Health officials in Ontario’s Peel Region say they are investigating suspected cases of avian influenza after a large number of dead wild birds were recently discovered. Peel Public Health says the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative is testing the birds to determine their cause of death. Officials say while the risk to humans is low, they […]

WINDSOR, ONT. AND TORONTO — Canadian auto workers and the industry are catching their breath after a roller-coaster week that saw crushing tariffs imposed, then paused, as they wait for the next round of threats. Mohammad Thraya, who works at Stellantis’ Windsor Assembly Plant, says the mood in the plant is changing daily but there’s […]