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PETERBOROUGH, Ont.

TORONTO — The largest telecommunications deal in Canadian history will go forward after Rogers Communications Inc.'s $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. received approval from Ottawa on Friday.

TORONTO — Summer McIntosh has strung together three consecutive record-setting performances. Yet one of the first things that came to her mind were areas she could improve.

TORONTO — Ryan O'Reilly had a strong inkling the diagnosis wouldn't be what he wanted to hear. The Maple Leafs centre had just taken a friendly fire shot off his left hand in the waning moments of the second period in Vancouver on March 4.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Fridayon the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,099.89, up 158.90): Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Materials. Down six cents, or 0.76 per cent, to $7.88 on 17.3 million shares.

Fifteen workers who were promised work permits and a good salary in Ontario were made to live in cramped, dirty conditions, weren't paid properly and were threatened if they complained, police said Friday as announced human trafficking charges in the

TORONTO — Saturday's visit by Charlotte FC brings back good memories for Toronto FC supporters. Italian stars Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi made their MLS debut against Charlotte last July — and they did not disappoint.

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index climbed more than 150 points Friday to close out the first quarter of the year in positive territory in spite of this month’s Silicon Valley Bank-related market turmoil. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 158.

Toronto police are investigating after potentially hate-motivated graffiti appeared on the walls of a mosque in the city.

TORONTO — The former financial services administrator of an Ontario public sector union is countersuing the organization, claiming he didn't receive any payments he wasn't entitled to and always upheld his responsibilities.