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OTTAWA — NDP House leader Peter Julian said there's more work his party wants to get done in the House of Commons before the next election, despite how chaotic the first weeks of the fall sitting have been.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained almost 200 points Friday, led by strength in energy, tech and base metals, while U.S. markets also rose. The latest U.S.

TORONTO — Jalal Tabaja and more than a dozen of his extended family members, most of them Canadians, felt safe in Lebanon until recently.

A third man has been charged with murder in connection to a fatal stabbing in Toronto over the weekend. Police say officers responded to a call about a stabbing in the area of Finch Avenue East and Brimley Road on Saturday at around 6:45 p.m.

HAMILTON — Shemar Bridges' stellar CFL season has come to a premature end. Hamilton's rookie receiver took to social media Friday to make the announcement.

TORONTO — The police officer who was shot and seriously injured in Toronto's midtown on Wednesday was released from hospital the next day, a spokeswoman for the Toronto Police Association confirmed Friday.

OTTAWA — A federal inquiry into foreign interference plans to hear from senior Global Affairs Canada officials today.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Ethan Procyszyn scored the go-ahead goal at 7:56 of the third period to lead the North Bay Battalion to a 5-3 comeback win over the Peterborough Petes in Ontario Hockey League action on Thursday.

Defence lawyers for Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard attacked the credibility of his accuser Thursday as they made their final pitch to jurors in the singer's sexual assault trial, suggesting the woman lied about the encounter to cover up her infideli

TORONTO — A man accused of shooting a Toronto police officer in the city's busy midtown neighbourhood was charged with attempted murder Thursday, as the force and the province's police watchdog conducted parallel investigations.