Indigenous News

TORONTO — The City of Toronto has given Rogers Communications Inc. the green light to set up cameras and sensors at five downtown intersections that will track the movement of vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists with the aim of alleviating gridlock.

TORONTO — Ontario plans to give front-line wildland firefighters and pilots a $5,000 bonus and make 100 of those jobs permanent in an effort to recruit and retain more workers.

OTTAWA — For the first time, Canada will put a "soft cap" on the number of new temporary resident arrivals to the country when it sets immigration levels in the fall, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced Thursday.

MONTREAL — Advocates for transgender rights say they're disappointed by a Quebec Court of Appeal decision that upholds a law requiring minors who want to change their official sex designation to first obtain a letter from a health professional or soc

OTTAWA — The federal government is formally removing the military's ability to investigate and prosecute crimes of a sexual nature.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (22,087.26, up 41.55 points): TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Up 62 cents, or 1.15 per cent, to $54.66 on 13.6 million shares.

Palestinians who escaped the Gaza Strip no longer qualify for a special program to reunite with extended family members in Canada if they didn't finish applying before they left, the federal government has confirmed.

The head of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says lower-income consumers feeling "strained" by economic headwinds are cutting back on how often they visit the chain's convenience stores.

Canada's competition watchdog is urging Ottawa to adopt an open banking framework that would ease the barriers to switching institutions and boost competition in the financial sector.

OTTAWA — A senior official in Canada's foreign service says Ottawa is still sorting out the implications of the government committing to stop future military exports to Israel.