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TORONTO — Kirk Howard, founder of the quintessentially Canadian publishing house Dundurn Press, has died. The publisher confirms Howard died on June 30 at age 80.

A police dog in Woodstock, Ont. has died after ingesting drugs during an investigation. Police say the dog named Taz was part of a unit that responded to a July 3 call to assist the the Stratford Police Service on a drug probe.

A man and woman are facing criminal charges after a child died in Owen Sound, Ont. Police say officers and emergency crews went to a home in the city's west end around 10 a.m. on Sunday in response to a 911 call.

KASHECHEWAN, Ont. — The chief of a First Nation in northern Ontario says a search and recovery effort has located the body of a paramedic presumed to have drowned in a boating accident.

Toronto homebuyers that snapped up a property last month paid more on average than they did a year ago but less than they would have if they closed the deal in May, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board said Thursday.

TORONTO — The winning numbers in Wednesday's Lotto 649 draw for an estimated $5 million: 03, 04, 10, 12, 30 & 34.

Toronto had the least reliable transit service in 2022 compared to other municipalities in the region, according to newly released transit report cards from the Toronto Region Board of Trade.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,103.89, down 100.98): Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Healthcare. Down 12 cents, or 16.44 per cent, to 61 cents on 8.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down more than 100 points Wednesday amid broad-based weakness, while U.S. stock markets also slumped.

TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police have cracked a decades-old cold case and identified a woman who was found dead in eastern Ontario 48 years ago, thanks to technology that uses DNA to find genetic matches.