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TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,125.28, up 23.74 points): Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Finance. Up 65 cents, or 0.49 per cent, to $132.99 on 12.9 million shares.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index eked out a gain Friday, while U.S. markets ended the day mixed as tech pulled equities lower. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 23.74 points at 21,125.28.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's new seniors advocate is Dan Levitt, an adjunct professor of gerontology at Simon Fraser University and the head of a non-profit long-term care home.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The federal housing advocate was in St. John's, N.L., this week to join the leader of the Nunatsiavut Inuit in his long-standing fight for an end to the "deplorable" housing conditions in northern Labrador.

MONTREAL — Elaine Chuli never saw Ken Dryden play. The 29-year-old can still appreciate the Hall of Fame goaltender's exploits between the pipes for the Montreal Canadiens. And that's despite growing up a fan of the archrival Toronto Maple Leafs.

EDMONTON — An Edmonton man has been charged in the death of his infant son. Police say in a news release that paramedics responded to a residence for a baby in medical distress on Feb. 5, 2023.

OTTAWA — Canada's former justice minister says he would have no fear of pressing ahead with a plan to allow people to seek medical assistance in dying solely on the basis of mental illness.

TORONTO — The opening blows have been delivered in a court battle that could have major implications for how Canadian soccer fans view the domestic brand of the beautiful game.

CALGARY — Canada's energy industry is reacting with dismay to U.S. President Joe Biden's move to pause approvals of new liquefied natural gas export terminals in that country.

WINNIPEG — The proposed search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women could cost $90 million — about half the projected maximum in an earlier estimate — although searchers could face a "very high risk" from asbes