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TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival is renaming its largest cinema after civil rights activist Viola Desmond and will launch an initiative to support Black women creators in her honour.

TORONTO — The union representing striking GO Transit bus operators, station attendants and other employees will return to the negotiating table on Friday.

TORONTO — The Canadian Premier League is rejigging its salary structure and increasing its minimum player salary for next season. The minimum salary in 2023 will be $30,000, up from $22,000 this season.

TORONTO — Alanis Morissette has taken to Instagram to explain her absence from a tribute performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday night in Los Angeles.

TORONTO — Intact Financial Corp. says it saw a 23 per cent rise in net income despite "active weather" and ongoing cost pressures in the quarter. The insurance company says it had a profit of $370 million for the quarter ending Sept.

Toronto's board of health asked the city's top doctor Tuesday to consider reinstating mask mandates amid a surge in viral illnesses that's sending children to hospital at alarming rates.

TORONTO — Vague promises by banks and businesses to reach net-zero emissions decades in the future risk undermining action needed now, Canada's former environment minister told a UN climate conference Tuesday.

TORONTO — Students were back in classrooms Tuesday as Ontario education workers returned to the bargaining table with the government to discuss an offer the premier described as "improved," though both sides remained far apart.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,660.31, up 114.40 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up eight cents, or 0.15 per cent, to $53.91 on 15.7 million shares.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up more than 100 points Tuesday, buoyed by strength in base metals and utilities, while U.S. markets were also up. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 114.40 points at 19,660.31.