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TORONTO — Strength in base metals and technology helped Canada's main stock index rise on Monday, while U.S. stocks also rose as November's gains continue. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 70.70 points at 20,246.47.

TORONTO — Ontario should end its tuition freeze immediately and allow for a five-per-cent bump next September, the province's colleges said Monday.

PICKERING, Ont. — An Ontario court has granted Bad Boy Furniture Warehouse Ltd. permission to begin liquidating its stores. A court order from Judge Herman Wilton-Siegel allows the Pickering, Ont.

HAMILTON — After enduring a loss in his Montreal debut, linebacker Darnell Sankey vowed the Alouettes wouldn't lose again in the 2023 CFL season. Sankey was a man of his word Sunday.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Concerns are rising over plans by NextStar Energy Inc. to bring in foreign workers to help build a battery plant in Windsor, Ont., that is being supported by an expected $15 billion in public funding.

TORONTO — Primaris Real Estate Investment Trust says it has signed a deal to buy a shopping centre complex in Halifax for $370 million. The deal includes the Halifax Shopping Centre and the Annex, which sits adjacent to the mall.

TORONTO — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it has reduced operations at its Cobre Panama copper mine further and warns if a blockade of small boats at the mine's port continues it will have to temporarily halt production.

HAMILTON — Blue Bombers running back Brady Oliveira had found the gap and was about to break out for a lengthy run, the kind that gave him the most rushing yards in the CFL this season, when defensive end Lwal Uguak slid off his blocker and drove the

HAMILTON — With the game on the line, Cody Fajardo and Tyson Philpot delivered the Montreal Alouettes a most unlikely Grey Cup title.

HAMILTON — Surrounded by a circle of reporters in the wake of Sunday's gut-wrenching Grey Cup loss, Brady Oliveira tried to share how he felt. The words wouldn't come out.