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UXBRIDGE, Ont. — The Ontario government says it is pushing forward with plans to create Ontario's first urban provincial park in the Township of Uxbridge.

TORONTO — A 47-year-old man is dead after a Friday night shooting in northwest Toronto. City police say they responded to reports of a shooting inside a bar at Islington Avenue and Steeles Avenue West on Friday evening.

Police in Sudbury are looking for at least one suspect after a deadly shooting at a city bar on Friday night. The Greater Sudbury Police Service says officers were called to the Overtime Sports Bar in the city's north end at around 10:30 p.m.

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri didn’t see a lot to like this season as his team struggled to a .500 finish and a disappointing play-in defeat.

TORONTO — Five years ago, after a man deliberately drove a van down a busy Toronto sidewalk in one of Canada's worst mass murders, the country was confronted with a previously obscure extremist movement, which experts say remains a growing threat.

TORONTO — Abdelgadir Eltayeb and his family have no electricity, dwindling food and water, and haven't been able to venture far from the home in Khartoum where they took shelter after violence exploded in Sudan's capital this week.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,693.15, up 22.34): B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Materials. Up four cents, or 0.72 per cent, to $5.59 on 11.3 million shares.

TORONTO — The firm of the architect who designed the Ontario Science Centre is calling on the province to save the building and build on its legacy.

TORONTO — Strength in technology and industrial stocks helped Canada's main stock index creep higher on Friday, while U.S. stock markets rose slightly on the final day of trading for the week. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 62.

Joe Preston cannot stop smiling. The mayor of St. Thomas, Ont., wakes up with one on his face and it's there when his head hits the pillow at night. But the month-long smile has drawbacks.