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Canada’s main stock index fell more than one per cent Tuesday, playing catch-up while U.S. stock markets regained some of the ground lost in a big plunge Monday when the Toronto market was closed. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 248.27 points at 21,979.36. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 294.39 […]

A fan who attended the Billy Talent concert that was disrupted when several thousand people pushed through the fences says that despite the chaos, which saw him get “sucker punched,” the band “put on one hell of a show.” Officials in Port Colborne, Ont. have said the venue at H. H. Knoll Park reached capacity […]

OTTAWA — Defenceman Carter Yakemchuk, selected seventh overall in June’s NHL entry draft in Las Vegas, has signed a three-year, entry level contract with the Ottawa Senators. Steve Staios, the Senators’ president of hockey operations and general manager, confirmed the agreement on Tuesday. The 18-year-old Yakemchuk spent the past three seasons with the Western Hockey […]

TORONTO — Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Shea Patterson and Toronto Argonauts safety Royce Metchie were named the CFL Honour Roll’s top offensive and defensive players on Tuesday. Patterson earned a grade of 85.2 after competing 22-of-38 passes for 306 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-31 loss to the Edmonton Elks. He also ran four times […]

A substitute teacher has been arrested and charged in connection to an assault at a school in Bradford. South Simcoe police say officers opened an investigation at a school in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury in April. They say officers officials finalized details in July. Police arrested and charged a 37-year-old man from Brechin, […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index fell nearly 300 points in early afternoon trading, while U.S. stock markets rebounded to regain some of the ground lost in a big plunge Monday when the Toronto market was closed. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 292.92 points at 21,934.71. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average […]

OTTAWA — Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says the federal government is considering new regulations that could make fewer employers eligible to hire temporary foreign workers. It’s part of a suite of changes the minister is announcing in an effort to reduce the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada. He says he told a group […]

OTTAWA — Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer says Canadians have a right to know how a man with links to a foreign terror group evaded Canada’s screening process to immigrate to Canada and become a citizen. He is demanding that the House of Commons recall its public safety committee to dig into the situation, calling […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down more than 200 points in early trading, while U.S. stock markets regained some of the ground lost Monday when the Toronto market was closed. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 256.02 points at 21,971.61. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 378.23 points at […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country posted a merchandise trade surplus of $638 million in June as exports of crude oil and gold rose sharply. The agency says the result compared with a revised trade deficit of $1.6 billion in May. The initial reading for May released last month had shown a deficit of […]