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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's federal government on Friday reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that the government said was the country's worst-ever environmental disaster.

TORONTO — Ontario grocery stores — particularly smaller, independent shops — say new bottle return requirements that were sprung on them a week before they're set to take effect may make it impossible to participate in Premier Doug Ford's expansion o

TORONTO — Toronto police say a baby is dead and a woman was left with serious injuries after an overnight house fire in the city’s west end. Police reported the house on fire just after 1 a.m. near Trethewey Drive and Eglinton Avenue.

TORONTO — Toronto police are appealing to the public for information on the five-year anniversary of an alleged hit-and-run that killed a 16-year-old boy. Det. Sgt.

TORONTO — Corus Entertainment Inc. has gained some breathing room. The company says it has agreed to a deal with its lenders that will buy it some time as it works to slash costs and reduce its debt.

OTTAWA — The federal government's deficit was $9.8 billion for the April-to-August period. The Finance Department's latest fiscal monitor says the result compared with a deficit of $4.3 billion during the same period a year earlier.

OTTAWA — Canadian retail sales rose 0.4 per cent to $66.6 billion in August, helped by higher new car sales, Statistics Canada said Friday.

TORONTO — When Squash Canada CEO Jamie Nicholls thinks about the impact Pro Squash Association tournaments have had in this country, a conversation with former world No. 1 Jonathon Power comes to mind.

TORONTO — Jordan Binnington made 40 saves as the St. Louis Blues downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 on Thursday night. Dylan Holloway, with two, Philip Broberg, Alexandre Texier and Jake Neighbours scored for St. Louis (5-3-0).

TORONTO (AP) — Craig Berube ran a gauntlet of emotions Thursday morning. The Toronto Maple Leafs coach was poised to face the St.