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TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada reported a third-quarter profit of $4.49 billion, up from $3.86 billion a year earlier. The bank says its net income amounted to $3.09 per diluted share for the quarter ended July 31 compared with a profit of $2.73 per diluted share in the same quarter last year. Revenue totalled […]

OTTAWA — An Ottawa judge is expected to deliver a verdict this morning in the sexual assault trial for former vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson. He was the head of military personnel in 2021 when he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman on board a navy ship in 1991. During the two-week trial in February, the […]

TORONTO — Lorenzo Insigne’s goal early in the second half carried Toronto FC to a 1-0 win over Hamilton-based Forge FC on Tuesday and a berth in the Canadian Championship final. Forge FC held a 2-1 aggregate lead after winning the first leg at Tim Hortons Field on July 10. That meant to win the […]

WIKWEMIKONG, Ont. — Police say two people have been charged in the death of an infant in a First Nation on Manitoulin Island. Ontario Provincial Police say an infant in Wikwemikong First Nation was taken to hospital on May 8. OPP say they were called to help Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service with the investigation on […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower on Tuesday, weighed down by energy stocks as oil prices retreated, while U.S. markets inched higher and the Dow added a few points to Monday’s record high. U.S. investors are waiting in anticipation of earnings Wednesday from semiconductor giant Nvidia, one of the main drivers of market […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s consul general in New York has been given a second opportunity to testify before a House of Commons committee about his official residence, which the government recently purchased for $9 million. Tom Clark has been called to appear before the government operations committee on Sept. 12 or on a date later that […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index moved lower on Tuesday, weighed down by energy stocks as oil prices retreated, while U.S. markets inched higher and the Dow added a few points to Monday’s record high. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 89.01 points at 23,259.96. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up […]

HAMILTON — Hamilton police are searching for three suspects who allegedly used a popular dating app to set up a meeting with a 20-year-old man they then robbed at gunpoint. Police allege the suspects used a dating app on Friday to set up a meeting with the man for later that day. They say when […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s Governor General will attend Wednesday’s opening ceremonies of the Paralympic Games in Paris as part of a trip to France. Mary Simon will meet with Canadian athletes in the village before the evening’s opening ceremonies at Place de la Concorde. Canada’s first Indigenous governor general will represent the country at a reception […]

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — A 17-year-old from Ontario who was about to start his studies at the University of British Columbia is dead after climbing over a fence and falling off a cliff in a popular Metro Vancouver park. North Vancouver assistant fire chief Dwayne Derban said the boy was with three friends in an […]