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TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,185.32, down 198.28 points.) Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Down 37 cents, or two per cent, to $18.13 on 11.2 million shares.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he would prefer parents not take their children trick or treating this Halloween as the province struggles to keep its COVID-19 case numbers under control.

TORONTO — North American stock markets moved lower Thursday after the U.S. Senate failed to approve a scaled back fiscal stimulus package.

OTTAWA — The slower rebound facing women, youth and low-wage workers could pose a threat to a broader economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's top central banker said Thursday in a push to find ways to even out an uneven path out of the

Massive crowds and parties in an eastern Ontario university town have drawn criticisms from local residents and formal calls for greater co-operation to curb the spread of COVID-19. Police and city officials in Kingston, Ont.

Hamilton police say they've found the remains of a woman who went missing in January. They say they identified the body of Holly Ellsworth-Clark who was last seen on Jan. 11. Police say a worker spotted a body floating in Hamilton Harbour on Tuesday.

OTTAWA — About $1 billion worth of mortgage payments were deferred each month during the pandemic, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said on Thursday.

An animal rights activist has been charged under a new Ontario law for allegedly interfering with a truck carrying pigs to slaughter.

COLLINGWOOD, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a provincial police officer fatally shot a man in Collingwood, Ont.

TORONTO — The Toronto District School Board is again delaying the start of classes in many high schools in the city. The board says due to the complexities of staffing and timetables most students will return to school on Thursday, Sept. 17.