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HAILEYBURY, Ont. — The judge overseeing the sexual assault trial of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is expected to begin delivering his final instructions to a northeastern Ontario jury today. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robin Tremblay will lay out the legal principles jurors must apply as they consider the evidence heard in the nearly two-week trial. […]

OTTAWA — A federal inquiry into foreign interference plans to hear from senior Global Affairs Canada officials today. A slate of department representatives will testify as the commission of inquiry looks at ways of detecting and countering foreign meddling. Early next week the inquiry expects to hear from officials of the Privy Council Office, Canadian […]

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Ethan Procyszyn scored the go-ahead goal at 7:56 of the third period to lead the North Bay Battalion to a 5-3 comeback win over the Peterborough Petes in Ontario Hockey League action on Thursday. Anthony Romani, with a goal and an assist, Kent Greer, Jacob LeBlanc and Lirim Amidovski also chipped in […]

Defence lawyers for Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard attacked the credibility of his accuser Thursday as they made their final pitch to jurors in the singer’s sexual assault trial, suggesting the woman lied about the encounter to cover up her infidelity and changed details of her account over time. Prosecutors, meanwhile, argued the woman remained “unshaken” […]

TORONTO — A man accused of shooting a Toronto police officer in the city’s busy midtown neighbourhood was charged with attempted murder Thursday, as the force and the province’s police watchdog conducted parallel investigations. Court documents indicate a man with the same name as the suspect was out on bail at the time of Wednesday’s […]

OTTAWA — The RCMP is working to address the concerns of diaspora community members who say police often neglect to follow up with them about complaints of foreign interference, senior Mounties told a public inquiry Thursday. Mark Flynn, the RCMP’s deputy commissioner for federal policing, said the national force plans to have internal discussions with […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index dipped lower on Thursday as losses outweighed strength in energy stocks, while U.S. markets also moved lower. Markets broadly moved down even as oil prices jumped more than five per cent, with tensions continuing to ramp up in the Middle East. “Everybody’s in wait-and-see mode to see what happens […]

TORONTO — Canada’s industry minister has thrown his support behind a call from one of Shopify Inc.’s leaders for the country to get more ambitious. François-Philippe Champagne says the Canadian DNA has to change so that innovators in the country talk more about what they are doing. If people in the were more vocal about […]

TORONTO — Police say a 13-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder in a Toronto stabbing that took place earlier this week. They say officers found a 54-year-old man who was stabbed in a parking lot in the northwestern part of the city just after 12:20 a.m. on Tuesday. Officers were called to the area […]

TORONTO — The CFL suspended defensive back Deontai Williams of the Saskatchewan Roughriders for one game Thursday following a dangerous tackle on Ottawa Redblacks receiver Kalil Pimpleton. Saskatchewan visits the Edmonton Elks on Saturday night. The CFL suspended Williams for “delivering an illegal and dangerous tackle,” on Pimpleton, and “committing a non-football act by striking […]