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In 'hard pivot,' Ontario to invest $146 million as part of life sciences strategy

In 'hard pivot,' Ontario to invest $146 million as part of life sciences strategy

TORONTO — Ontario is making what a key minister describes as a "hard pivot" to life sciences, as it looks to replicate its aggressive investment in the electric-vehicle sector in a bid to become a world leader in biomanufacturing and health sciences.
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CREA lowers housing market forecast for 2024 amid 'holding pattern' for home sales

CREA lowers housing market forecast for 2024 amid 'holding pattern' for home sales

The Canadian Real Estate Association is downgrading its housing market forecast for the remainder of the year again, saying the Bank of Canada's interest rate cuts haven't spurred the gradual improvement it previously anticipated.
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Police investigate projectile pumpkins in London, Ont., offer cash reward for info

Police investigate projectile pumpkins in London, Ont., offer cash reward for info

Police are offering a cash reward for information about a string of pumpkin-throwing incidents in London, Ont., over the long weekend. Ontario Provincial Police say officers responded at around 2:30 a.m.
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Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales down in August

Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales down in August

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, fell 0.6 per cent to $81.9 billion in August.
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Experimental Toronto opera theatre taps high-profile librettist as artistic director

Experimental Toronto opera theatre taps high-profile librettist as artistic director

TORONTO — The experimental Toronto-based opera company Against the Grain Theatre has recruited award-winning librettist Royce Vavrek as its new artistic director.
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Sportsnet to carry Tomorrow's Golf League matches in Canada

TORONTO — Tomorrow's Golf League has announced that all of its matches will be carried live in Canada on Sportsnet or Sportsnet+. The new tech-infused golf league features six teams of PGA Tour stars playing in a season-long competition.
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Here's a list of September inflation rates for selected Canadian cities

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.6 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says.
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Here's a list of September inflation rates for Canadian provinces

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.6 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 0.7 per cent (1.3) — Prince Edward Island: 1.
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Ontario taxpayers fork over $4.3 million to settle legal costs in Bill 124 cases

Ontario taxpayers fork over $4.3 million to settle legal costs in Bill 124 cases

TORONTO — Ontario taxpayers have forked over $4.3 million in legal fees after the province lost two court cases defending a wage-cap law that was struck down as unconstitutional, The Canadian Press has learned.
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Canada expels India's top diplomat and alleges wider diplomatic involvement in crimes

Canada expels India's top diplomat and alleges wider diplomatic involvement in crimes

TORONTO (AP) — Canada said it has identified India’s top diplomat in the country as a person of interest in the assassination of a Sikh activist there and expelled him and five other diplomats Monday, in an escalating dispute over the June 2023 killi
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