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TORONTO — Toronto is developing criteria to determine which sites would be acceptable for commercial dog walkers to use across the city, as a ban on the walkers at an off-leash area in one park has brought the issue under the spotlight. The issue came before city council this summer, when a two-part motion brought […]

TORONTO — Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Canada, with some provinces reporting sharp increases compared to pre-pandemic averages. More than 11,670 cases have been reported in Quebec so far this year, a significant jump from the annual average of 562 cases between 2015 and 2019. The majority of whooping cough patients are […]

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — A 17-year-old from Ontario is dead after climbing over a fence and falling off the edge of a cliff in a popular park in North Vancouver, B.C. Dwayne Derban, assistant fire chief with North Vancouver Fire and Rescue, says the boy was in an off-trail area of Lynn Canyon Park when […]

TORONTO — The Bank of Nova Scotia saw third-quarter profits fall compared with a year ago as it boosted its provisions for bad loans, even as the bank says it’s seeing some levelling out of the financial stress on Canadian consumers. The bank reported Tuesday it had $1.05 billion set aside for bad loans in […]

Police in York Region say violent crimes involving guns – including homicides, shootings and carjackings – have surged in the area north of Toronto since January. York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween says the increase is concerning for the community, despite the region remaining one of the safest in the country. He says York Region […]

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

TORONTO — Trouble in BMO Financial Group’s loan book has once again weighed on its quarterly results, prompting analyst worries about the bank becoming an outlier in this credit cycle. The bank on Tuesday reported provision for credit losses amounted to $906 million for its third quarter, up from $492 million a year earlier, as […]

TORONTO — Angelina Jolie is set to receive a special honour for her humanitarian work at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Oscar-winning actress will be presented with the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media at the festival’s fundraising gala on Sept. 8. The award celebrates individuals who merge social impact with cinema and was […]

TORONTO — A man wanted for first-degree murder in the death of a 30-year-old man in Toronto has been found and arrested in the United Kingdom. Toronto police say officers were called to the area of Isabella and Jarvis streets in the early morning hours of May 22 for unknown trouble. They say officers found […]

TORONTO — Toronto Public Health says the number of whooping cough cases are more than double the pre-pandemic average. The public health agency is reporting 99 cases in Toronto so far this year compared to the pre-pandemic five-year average of 38. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a cyclical disease that occasionally increases every […]