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TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,765.73, up 164.92 points): TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Up 43 cents, or 0.82 per cent, to $52.80 on 17.4 million shares.

TORONTO — Strength in base metal and utilities stocks helped Canada's main stock index rise more than 150 points on Thursday, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher.

Toronto police say one of their officers has been arrested and charged with assault. The force says that a man and a woman were involved in a dispute on Wednesday and the man allegedly assaulted the woman.

TORONTO — Shares of BlackBerry Ltd. were down 13.5 per cent after the company released its latest quarterly results and its new chief executive said he has his eye on cutting costs. Shares in the company closed down 74 cents at $4.

TORONTO — Shares of Energy Fuels Inc. were up after the company said it has started production at three of its uranium mines in the United States and was preparing to start production at two more.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say they have charged a 34-year-old Brampton, Ont., man in an international cyber crime investigation.

Toronto will receive nearly half a billion dollars in housing funding from the federal government as part of an agreement announced Thursday that would see the city fast-track the construction of close to 12,000 additional units over the next three y

TORONTO — Mastermind says it will stop honouring gift cards after Christmas Eve. The distressed toy retailer says in court filings that gift cards won't be accepted at its stores after Dec. 24.

TORONTO — Deciding whether to fix your aging car again or trade it in for a new one can be a tough calculation at the best of times, let alone when financing costs have significantly jumped and car prices have soared.

TORONTO — Bonnie Crombie, the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, says she hasn't seen the attack ads the Progressive Conservatives have launched against her — but she has plenty of thoughts on them.