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Certain solar farms will be banned on prime agricultural land in Ontario as the province expands energy production to meet demand in the coming decades, Energy Minister Stephen Lecce said Wednesday. Ontario is looking to add some 5,000 megawatts of energy to the grid, with Lecce directing the Independent Electricity System Operator to secure “technology […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index fell in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the base metal and technology sectors, while U.S. stock markets also moved lower. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 78.33 points at 23,181.63. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 23.29 points at 41,227.21. The S&P 500 […]

OTTAWA — A Federal Court of Appeal judge has acquitted Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. of contempt of court related to excessively long hours worked by employees. The ruling from Justice Donald Rennie sets aside a lower court decision, stating it is “impossible to rationalize a finding of contempt with the facts” given CPKC took […]

OTTAWA — Shopify Inc. has named a new chief technology officer, filling a role that has been empty since January 2023. The Ottawa-based e-commerce software firm says Mikhail Parakhin will take on the job. Parakhin’s LinkedIn profile says he was previously CEO of Microsoft’s advertising and web services and was chief technology officer at Yandex, […]

TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada reported a jump in earnings in the third quarter that handily beat analyst expectations as it had only a modest increase in money set aside for potentially bad loans while revenue rose. The bank reported a third-quarter profit of $4.49 billion, up from $3.86 billion a year earlier. RBC […]

OTTAWA — A man facing terror charges for allegedly plotting an attack in Toronto along with his son came to Canada in 2018 and became a citizen just months before his arrest. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc provided a House of Commons committee with a detailed timeline of the pair’s immigration file today. Ahmed Fouad […]

TORONTO — A woman is dead and a man has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a fire that broke out at a home in Toronto just after midnight. Police say officers responded to reports of a house on fire in the area of College Street and Dovercourt Road at 12:06 a.m. Wednesday. […]

KING CITY — Ontario is looking to add some 5,000 megawatts of energy to the grid as new Energy Minister Stephen Lecce lays out his plan to meet demand in the coming decades. Lecce says the government is “energy agnostic” and the new procurement will be a mix of natural gas, hydroelectric, renewables, nuclear and […]

TORONTO — An arbitrator has upheld the CFL’s indefinite suspension of Montreal Alouettes defensive end Shawn Lemon for sports betting. More coming. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — An Ottawa judge says he needs more time to finish the decision in the sexual assault trial for former vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson. Edmundson was the head of military personnel in 2021 when he was accused of raping a woman on board a navy ship in 1991. The two-week trial was held in February […]