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TORONTO — Restaurant company SIR Corp. is investigating a cybersecurity incident that has impacted part of its information technology infrastructure. The company says it has hired cybersecurity experts to help with containment, remediation and investigation efforts. SIR owns a portfolio of 54 restaurants in Canada including Jack Astor’s Bar and Grill and Scaddabush Italian Kitchen […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say one person is dead after a late-night shooting in North York. Police say officers responded just before midnight to a call reporting the sound of gunshots near Allen Road and Lawrence Avenue. They found a male victim in a plaza parking lot who had been shot. Police say he was […]

OTTAWA — The Bloc Québécois will try to put the squeeze on the Liberals today by calling for a debate in the House of Commons about increasing old age pension payments for all seniors. Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet has given the government until Oct. 29 to green-light the estimated $16-billion cost of his party’s pension […]

OTTAWA — Canadian members of Parliament are working with their colleagues in Australia and New Zealand to try and convince their respective governments to jointly recognize Palestinian statehood. NDP MP Heather McPherson, who is leading an effort to recruit Canadian MPs, said building on work the three governments have already done might be the best […]

The minimum wage in four provinces is going up today. The rate in Ontario is rising by 65 cents to $17.20 an hour, an increase tied to inflation. Saskatchewan’s minimum wage is going up by a dollar to $15, but it will still be the lowest in Canada, along with Alberta. In Manitoba, the rate […]

OTTAWA — A federal inquiry into foreign interference turns its attention to media issues today. A senior official from the federal broadcast regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, is slated to testify. The inquiry is also expected to hear from a panel of media representatives from various cultural communities. On Wednesday, members of diaspora […]

LINDSAY, Ont. — Ontario politicians are set to make their annual pilgrimage to the International Plowing Match today. The expo will be held in Lindsay, Ont., this year and is a yearly celebration of rural and agricultural life. With the spectre of a possible early election – Premier Doug Ford has not ruled one out […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault trial is set to resume in a northeastern Ontario court today, with the defence expected to lay out its case. The complainant who accuses Hoggard of raping her after a concert eight years ago finished her testimony on Friday. The woman, whose name is protected by […]

McMaster Children’s Hospital says it will resume tonsil and adenoid surgeries next week, almost four months after two children died following the procedure. Hamilton Health Sciences says that an external review launched in June did not find any specific issues that directly or indirectly led to the deaths. Pediatric tonsil and adenoid surgeries were paused […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index posted modest gains Monday, while U.S. markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 41.31 points at 23,998.13. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 17.15 points at 42,330.15. The S&P 500 index was up 24.31 points at 5,762.48, while the Nasdaq composite was up […]