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Royal LePage says average home price down 0.7% year-over-year in second quarter

TORONTO — A report by Royal LePage says the average home price in Canada in the second quarter edged lower compared with a year ago. The firm's house price survey says the aggregate price of a home in Canada was down 0.

Jul 13, 2023 7:41 AM Read more >

Indigenous women in Canada forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped

TORONTO (AP) — Decades after many other rich countries stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women, numerous activists, doctors, politicians and at least five class-action lawsuits say the practice has not ended in Canada.

Jul 12, 2023 7:38 PM Read more >

Indigenous women in Canada forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped

TORONTO (AP) — Decades after many other rich countries stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women, numerous activists, doctors, politicians and at least five class-action lawsuits allege the practice has not ended in Canada.

Jul 12, 2023 7:35 PM Read more >

Ottawa follows in Toronto's footsteps, adopts emergency mental health crisis service

Ottawa's city council has greenlit a plan to create a mental health emergency dispatch line and a mobile crisis response team that would be in operation 24-7.

Jul 12, 2023 4:47 PM Read more >

Laurentian Bank shares soar after it announced a review of strategic options

TORONTO — Shares of Laurentian Bank of Canada soared more than 30 per cent in early trading Wednesday after the bank said it was conducting a review of its strategic options to maximize shareholder value.

Jul 12, 2023 3:32 PM Read more >

Olivia Chow officially takes office as mayor of Toronto, vows to bring change

TORONTO — Olivia Chow encouraged residents to envision a more compassionate and affordable Toronto on Wednesday as she officially took office as mayor in a city facing major housing and financial challenges.

Jul 12, 2023 3:18 PM Read more >

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,070.77, up 192.21): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up 44 cents, or 0.91 per cent, to $48.59 on 8.7 million shares.

Jul 12, 2023 2:43 PM Read more >

S&P/TSX composite up almost 200 points, U.S. stock markets also rise

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up almost 200 points Wednesday on broad-based gains led by utilities and base metals after the central bank raised interest rates to five per cent, while U.S.

Jul 12, 2023 2:34 PM Read more >

Public health agency investigates after Air France passenger sat in blood-soaked area

TORONTO — Canada's public health agency is investigating after a passenger on an Air France flight from Paris to Toronto said he sat amid the uncleaned remnants of a previous passenger's hemorrhage.

Jul 12, 2023 2:31 PM Read more >

Three people taken to hospital after machete attack in Windsor, Ont.

Police say three people were taken to hospital after a masked person emerged from a van and attacked them with a machete in Windsor, Ont. Windsor police say the attack on two women and a man occurred around 3 a.m.

Jul 12, 2023 1:37 PM Read more >