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TORONTO — Ten programmers say they quit the Hot Docs film festival en masse as a result of what they describe as a toxic workplace. In a joint statement released the day the documentary fest announced its 2024 lineup, they say the organization failed to respect protocol and dismissed or diminished team members’ voices. They […]

A major bridge that collapsed in Baltimore after getting hit by a ship is named for Francis Scott Key, who turned a wartime experience in the early 19th century into the poem that became the national anthem of the United States. Key was a prominent attorney in the region during the first half of the […]

TORONTO — Jurors are hearing a Toronto police officer punched the man accused of running over his colleague in the face during arrest. Const. Scharnil Pais was one of the officers at the scene when Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup was hit by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall shortly after […]

TORONTO — Roughly 200,000 small businesses took on new debt to refinance their Canada Emergency Business Account loans to access the forgivable portion of the loan, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. CFIB president Dan Kelly says many businesses that had to borrow to repay their CEBA loans are facing high interest rates and […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index ticked higher in late-morning trading Tuesday, while U.S. markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 45.78 points at 21,988.06. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 94.82 points at 39,408.46. The S&P 500 index was up 14.77 points at 5,232.96,while the Nasdaq composite was […]

TORONTO — More than 400 Art Gallery of Ontario employees are on strike, after union members voted to reject the museum’s latest contract offer.  The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says in a statement that the offer failed to address key issues such as wage increases, protections for part-time workers and contracting out positions.  The […]

TORONTO — Canada Goose Holdings Inc. says it is laying off 17 per cent of its global corporate workforce. In a LinkedIn note from CEO Dani Reiss, the luxury parka maker says the job cuts are meant to put the company in a better position for scaling. He says the Toronto-based business will now be […]

TORONTO — Finance tips and advice that worked decades ago aren’t always relevant in today’s day and age. Still, well-meaning friends and family often recycle the same information for younger generations — only for them to find out the hard way the advice might be inaccurate.  Financial experts say they encounter myths every day in […]

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Ontario says two more beluga whales have died at Marineland. The Ministry of the Solicitor General says the Niagara Falls, Ont., park informed it the two died some time this month. The province did not say how the whales died. Sixteen beluga whales and one killer whale have died at the […]

TORONTO — Smith Financial Corp. is merging a pair of its portfolio companies, Fairstone Bank of Canada and Home Trust Co., in a move they say will create the leading alternative lender in Canada. Smith financial founder and CEO Stephen Smith says the combination is characterized by a strong cultural fit and complementary strengths. Fairstone […]