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OTTAWA — Canada and Japan signed a new battery supply-chain agreement in Ottawa Thursday, as Canada seeks to expand its position in the battery industry and Japan seeks to secure access to lucrative American EV subsidies for its automakers.

MONTREAL — A study by Quebec's public health institute has found that between six and 10 per cent of the province's health-care workers have experienced long COVID.

NEW YORK — Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was held out of the starting lineup for a second straight day on Thursday as he rests a sore knee.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,791.62, down 423.07 points): TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy/ Down $1.38, or 2.75 per cent, to $48.75 on 17.7 million shares.

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling for India's help to investigate the killing of a Sikh independence activist on Canadian soil, while New Delhi says Canada has provided no information on the case.

SYDNEY, N.S. — It's a battle in the skies — and so far, the bombing cormorants sowing scatological havoc in a Nova Scotia harbour are winning. For the second year, cormorants have squatted in the Sydney, N.S., harbour for their nesting season.

Income inequality, known for its corrosive effects on health, happiness and community ties, is worse in Vancouver and some nearby municipalities than in most other places in Canada, according to a new analysis of Statistics Canada data.

Income inequality, known for its corrosive effects on health, happiness and community ties, is much worse in Calgary and two neighbouring counties than in most Canadian municipalities, according to a new analysis of Statistics Canada data.

The Montreal area is home to municipalities with the most extreme income gaps in the country, as well as Canada’s most equal communities, according to a new analysis of Statistics Canada data.