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TORONTO — Hot Docs says it will gradually resume programming in early December and host another edition of Canada’s largest documentary film festival next spring, after months of restructuring and cost-cutting. The struggling organization had temporarily closed its flagship Toronto theatre in May and laid off staff over the summer, citing “urgent” financial challenges. Hot […]

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it’s very disturbing that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won’t get the top-level security clearance needed to view classified documents on foreign interference. Singh said party leaders need to be briefed on top-secret information, noting the allegations this week that Indian agents played a role in the extortion, coercion […]

OTTAWA — The representative plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against Canada are urging First Nations chiefs to accept a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal. The deal was struck in July between Canada, the Chiefs of Ontario, Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Assembly of First Nations after a nearly two-decade legal fight over the federal […]

TORONTO — A Toronto court has ordered an assessment to determine if a woman accused of killing three people in three Ontario cities over three days is fit to stand trial at this time. Prosecutors applied for the assessment Thursday as Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, appeared in a Toronto court on a second-degree murder charge related […]

TORONTO — Bell Media is bringing the USA Network cable brand to Canada after losing several valuable Discovery channel names to one of its competitors. The broadcaster says USA Network will take over the channel known as Discovery on Jan. 1, 2025, with programming that includes reruns of the hit series “Suits” and “The Traitors” […]

TORONTO — Immanuel Quickley is questionable for the Toronto Raptors final pre-season game. The guard has missed Toronto’s first four tune-up games with a sprained thumb. Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic says that Quickley has been cleared for all practice and team activities but that the team would be cautious about putting him into an […]

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it’s very disturbing that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won’t get the top-level security clearance needed to view classified documents on foreign interference. Singh says party leaders need to be briefed on top secret information, something he says is amplified by allegations that Indian agents played a role in […]

TORONTO — Prosecutors are seeking a court order to assess whether an Ontario woman accused of killing three people in three cities over three days is fit to stand trial. The defence says it has “some fitness concerns” but has been instructed by its client, Sabrina Kauldhar, to oppose such an assessment. Both sides are […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s top court has ordered a new hearing for a youth-led constitutional challenge of the provincial government’s emissions target, saying the case raised important issues that should be considered afresh. The unanimous decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal was immediately heralded as a win by the group of seven young people who […]

OTTAWA — The federal government likely failed to keep its deficit below the promised $40-billion cap in the last fiscal year, the parliamentary budget officer said on Thursday. The budget watchdog estimates in its latest economic and fiscal outlook that the federal government posted a $46.8 billion deficit for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The final […]