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TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index fell 1.4 per cent Thursday, with broad losses led by base metals and technology, while U.S. stock markets also fell as drops in major tech stocks weighed on Wall Steet. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 350.92 points at 24,156.87. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was […]

TORONTO — The City of Toronto announced traffic and security measures Thursday in preparation for Taylor Swift’s arrival, warning residents to be patient and plan ahead with huge crowds expected to flock downtown during six scheduled shows next month. Swift will perform at Rogers Centre for her sold-out Eras Tour from Nov. 14 to Nov. […]

Toronto police have charged a 19-year-old woman with murder and arson after her four-month-old baby died in a fire last week. Police say the woman and the baby girl were pulled from a house fire in the city’s northwest. They say the baby was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead there. The woman was […]

TORONTO — Ontario is planning to remove sections of bike lanes on three major roads in Toronto, as it considers whether to rip up more bike lanes elsewhere. The Progressive Conservative government tabled a bill last week that would require municipalities to ask the province for permission to install bike lanes when they would remove […]

TORONTO — A U.S. senator is raising concerns that TB Bank Group executives did not face charges as part of the bank’s settlement over its failure to detect large-scale money laundering. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says in a letter to the U.S. attorney general that the settlement, which included more than US$3 billion in fines and […]

OTTAWA — The Métis National Council says its election for a new president will be delayed following the withdrawal of the Métis Nation of British Columbia from its annual general assembly. The Métis National Council, which was once made up of provincial Métis groups from across the country, has in recent years seen those same […]

TORONTO — Spin Master Corp.’s chief executive says his company is “disappointed” in how its digital games business performed in its most recent quarter. Max Rangel says one the biggest reasons for the underperformance was lower in-app purchases within the company’s Toca Boca World game. The slide pushed Spin Master’s third-quarter digital games revenue down […]

VAUGHAN, Ont. — A woman has been charged after a school bus in Vaughan, Ont., fatally struck a child in June. York Regional Police say the incident happened on June 19 in the area of Kleinburg Summit Way and Pierre Berton Boulevard. Police say a school bus struck a six-year-old boy and he was pronounced […]

TORONTO — The City of Toronto is set to provide an update today on service and traffic measures to ready the city for Taylor Swift’s arrival, with huge crowds expected to flock to the downtown core during her six scheduled shows next month. Swift will perform at Rogers Centre for her sold-out Eras Tour from […]

OTTAWA — Residential school survivors are calling on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism, days after the release of a report about unmarked graves and burial sites associated with the institutions. Doug George, a survivor of the Mohawk Institute, says Canadians need to acknowledge the schools’ place in history and to ensure the children who […]