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BRAMPTON, Ont. — Loblaw Companies Ltd. reported its third-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago, boosted by the reversal of a charge at its President’s Choice Bank after a Federal Court of Appeal decision. The retailer, which includes Loblaws grocery stores and Shoppers Drug Mart, says its net earnings available to common shareholders totalled […]

When Niigaan Sinclair pitched his collection of articles to a Toronto publisher, he was told “Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre” was a “regional book.” The Winnipeg-based Anishinaabe columnist and editor recalls being told to expect scant attention outside major urban centres, so he wasn’t surprised to see “like 80 per cent” of […]

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Maple Leaf Foods Inc. reported a third-quarter profit of $17.7 million compared with a loss of $4.3 million in the same quarter last year. The company says the profit amounted to 14 cents per share for the quarter ended Sept. 30 compared with a loss of four cents per share a year […]

TORONTO — When fans converge on a convention centre in downtown Toronto this week, they’ll be talking about Taylor Swift and listening to her music, but they won’t see her name or photo in any official capacity — instead, the event is both literally and figuratively adjacent to the pop star and her mega-popular Eras […]

TORONTO — Craig Berube felt pretty good about his team heading into Tuesday. Those emotions quickly melted away for the Maple Leafs head coach. Berube did what he could behind the bench — including putting his sluggish lines in a blender — but nothing stuck in Toronto’s ugly 3-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators. “It […]

LONDON, Ont. — A mischief charge against a doctor who squirted ketchup on the London, Ont., office of a member of Parliament last year has been dropped. The lawyers representing Tarek Loubani, a local physician and activist, said the Crown withdrew the charge after determining it was “not in the public interest” to proceed with […]

TORONTO — Canadian Music Week’s new owners are conducting a major overhaul of the annual industry gathering to broaden its scope beyond music. The long-running Toronto event is set to relaunch next year as the Departure Festival + Conference, which organizers describe as “a reimagined and expanded vision” of the original. They say the festival […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose on Tuesday, buoyed by a 21-per-cent gain in shares of Shopify Inc., while U.S. markets pulled back after a weeklong post-election rally. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 133.73 points at 24,923.01. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 382.15 points at 43,910.98. The S&P […]

TORONTO — RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust says it cut almost 10 per cent of its staff in October in a restructuring push for greater efficiency as the company also holds back on new construction. The company says the cuts, amounting to approximately 50 employees, will mean about $9 million in restructuring charges and should […]

LONDON, Ont. — Lawyers for a doctor who was arrested after squirting ketchup on the London, Ont., office of a member of Parliament last year say the charge against him has been dropped. The lawyers representing Tarek Loubani, a local physician and activist, say the Crown withdrew the mischief charge after determining it was “not […]