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Equities in Canada’s largest centre made their way doggedly over the breakeven mark, as strength in resource issues powered the rise. The TSX Composite Index gained 23.42 points to wrap up Tuesday at 21,611.30.The Canadian dollar slid 0.14 cents to 72.90 cents U.S. Energy led the way upward, climbing on the back of Vermilion Energy ahead 42 cents, or 2.8%, to $15.41, while International Petroleum surged 47 cents, or 2.7%, to $$17.99. Gold stocks found their sheen, with Iamgold taking on 21 cents, or 4.3%, to $5.15, while New Gold strengthened seven cents, or 2.7%, to $2.70. In materials…

Moving when you’re a tenant has become a real obstacle course, according to the Quebec housing and tenants’ rights group RCLALQ, which warns that the approach advocated by governments to building more housing won’t make it any easier for people looking for an affordable place to live.

Metro Vancouver will initiate an independent review of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant after estimated costs for the project ballooned to $3.86 billion.

Sunscreen is ‘safe and effective’ when used correctly, the Quebec Order of Chemists is reiterating, at a time when ‘erroneous and misleading information’ on the subject is spreading on social networks.

OPP say around officers responded to a report of a loud explosion on Old Paudash School Road in the Township of Faraday, about 10 kilometres southwest of Bancroft.

Fire crews are battling a blaze at a home in Bowness on Wednesday morning.

Homicide detectives have been notified after a man was found unresponsive in Allan Gardens and later pronounced dead, police say.

After 24 seasons coaching in the NCAA, Wallaceburg’s Chris Bergeron has moved to the NHL as a Buffalo Sabres scout.

Mounties in Dawson Creek, B.C., say they have identified human remains discovered in April as belonging to Darylyn Supernant, who was among four people to vanish from the area since she went missing in March 2023.

York Regional Police say they will be providing an update Wednesday on a joint forces investigation that has resulted in hundreds of charges being laid and led to the seizure of illegal guns and drugs.