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TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was up more than 100 points in late-morning trading, helped by strength in the base metal sector, while U.S. stock markets were also higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was 143.00 points at 24,048.88. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 174.22 points at 42,088.97. The S&P […]

TORONTO — Live Nation says it will build an open-air music venue with a capacity of 50,000 in Toronto’s north end. Live Nation Canada executive Erik Hoffman says the new Rogers Stadium will host its first events in June 2025. It will be located at the former Downsview Airport lands, next to Downsview Park. Hoffman […]

TORONTO — A coalition of disability rights groups says it is launching a Charter challenge against a part of Canada’s law on medical assistance in dying. The group, which also includes two individual plaintiffs, argues that what’s known as track two of the MAID law has resulted in premature deaths. Under the law, patients whose […]

TORONTO — Toronto-Dominion Bank has named new co-heads of its U.S. commercial banking business. TD says Andy Bregenzer and Jill Gateman will jointly lead the operations. The bank says the appointments follow the announcement earlier this year of Chris Giamo’s retirement. Bregenzer will focus on leading all aspects of the regional commercial bank, including small […]

OTTAWA — Caroline Xavier, the chief of Canada’s cyberspy agency, is slated to appear at a federal inquiry into foreign interference today. Xavier was appointed in 2022 to lead the Communications Security Establishment, which has a lead role in fending off online threats to Canada. Other senior officials from the CSE are also scheduled to […]

TORONTO — The sale of Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. to Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has received final court approval. The mattress retailer says the approval from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice comes after Sleep Country shareholders earlier this month voted 99.93 per cent in favour of the deal. CEO Stewart Schaefer told investors […]

TORONTO — Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen feels “extremely hopeful” about society’s ability to push social media platforms into being safer but for change to come, she says these companies need to be motivated in a new way. “We are not powerless,” said Haugen in an interview during a visit to Toronto, where she was due […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — Cross-examination of the woman who accuses Jacob Hoggard of sexual assault is set to continue today in his northeastern Ontario trial. The complainant broke down in tears repeatedly on Tuesday as she detailed allegations that the Canadian musician raped, hit, choked and urinated on her after she attended his band’s concert and […]

NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION, ONT. — Every other day, Derek Moonias drives 15 minutes to the airport in Neskantaga First Nation and fills his pickup truck with cases of bottled water flown in on the dime of the federal government. The community some 450 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ont. – accessible only by air and […]

TORONTO (AP) — Jonatan Clase hit his first career home run, Kevin Gausman pitched six innings to win his final start of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Boston 6-1 on Wednesday night, eliminating the Red Sox from postseason contention. The Red Sox, who had won four in a row, needed to win […]