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Stone by stone, Montreal’s Notre-Dame Basilica is getting a major makeover. “We’ve now started the dismantling of the east tower,” explains Project Manager Hugo Latremouille. “It’s around 2,000 stones per tower.”

Ottawa firefighters made quick work of a fire in a five-storey apartment building Saturday in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood. Ottawa Fire Services got a 911 call at about 11:42 a.m. reporting smoke and flames coming from an apartment in a building on Wiggins Private. The 911 caller said a resident was inside the apartment, but […]

Equities in Toronto worked their way down Monday from the dizzy heights of last week, when indexes scaled heights not seen for some time. The TSX Composite Index dropped 49.76 points to close at 22,259.17. The Canadian dollar eked ahead 0.06 cents at 73.15 cents U.S. Gold led most stocks downward particularly, New Gold, sliding $1.12, or 4.5%, to $2.55, while OceanaGold dipped 16 cents, or 5%, to $3.04. Materials also got bruised, with K92 Mining descending 33 cents, or 4.1%, to $7.69, while Osisko Mining gave back 14 cents, or 4.5%, to $2.97. Utilities were also in the red, with units of…