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Ottawa has seen a 23.5 per cent increase in hate and bias-motivated incidents in 2023 compared to this time last year, a rise the city's police chief described as "concerning.

TORONTO — Meta and Google's move away from linking to Canadian news sites is a "moment of reckoning" for publishers and broadcasters that have heavily relied on social media to build audiences, marketing and journalism experts say.

TORONTO — Terry Dunfield fired a ball from 25 yards out that clipped the crossbar of an empty goal.

TORONTO — Zedd and Tiesto will bookend the Veld music festival in Toronto next month for the event's 10th anniversary.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,831.04, up 20.35): Toronto-Dominion Bank. (TSX:TD). Finance. Down 54 cents, or 0.66 per cent, to $80.88 on 14.4 million shares.

TORONTO — Police say one woman is dead after a daytime shooting near a daycare in downtown Toronto. Duty Insp.

TORONTO — Gains in energy and base metal stocks helped lift Canada's main stock index higher Friday, while U.S. markets were down after a day of mixed trading. New jobs data in the U.S.

TORONTO — The music video for “Damn Right” by Snotty Nose Rez Kids and director Sterling Larose has won this year’s Prism Prize. The hip hop duo from Kitamaat Village in northwest B.C.

PIKANGIKUM, Ont. — One person is dead after a house fire earlier this week in a remote northwestern Ontario First Nation that has seen a lack of firefighting resources in recent years.

HAMILTON — They're opponents now, but Simoni Lawrence still has a soft spot in his heart for Jeremiah Masoli. Masoli will make his season debut when Ottawa (1-2) visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (0-3) on Saturday night.