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OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada appeared to be increasingly concerned about the risk of high interest rates slowing the economy and inflation by more than necessary as it delivered a second consecutive rate cut Wednesday.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A police investigation into the crash and explosion that killed two people in a high-powered luxury car at a Niagara Falls border crossing last year has concluded with the crash's cause still a mystery, authorities said.

TORONTO — Ontario is looking to expand the responsibilities of pharmacists to allow them to treat more illnesses.

TORONTO — Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan Warsame's directorial debut "Mother Mother" is among the films set to have world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival's discovery program.

TORONTO — Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka will enter the National Bank Open women's main draw as a wild card. The 26-year-old former world No. 1 returned to tennis in January after taking a break for the birth of her first child.

TORONTO — The chief executive of Rogers Communications Inc. says it will likely take the better part of a year before Canada's telecommunications sector sees a calming of the competitive intensity prompting many wireless customers to change carriers.

TORONTO — Toronto police say they're investigating a shooting that left two people dead and two others seriously injured early Wednesday morning. Police say it happened just after 2:30 a.m.

TORONTO — Indian writer Pankaj Mishra has won a prestigious Canadian award of $75,000 for an international non-fiction author. The Writers' Trust of Canada says Mishra is the second-ever recipient of the Weston International Award.

TORONTO — Jose Berrios' search to find the form he exhibited earlier in the season has lingered longer than he would like.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington, with at least one Oregon fire so large that it is creating its own weather.