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Canada’s main stock index rose to a two-week high on the first trading day of the year, as rising gold and oil prices boosted commodity-linked sectors.The TSX jumped 170.09 points to finish Thursday at 24,898.03. The Canadian dollar shed 0.14 cents to 69.43 cents U.S. Gold stocks led the charge upward, as Iamgold grabbed 59 cents, or 7.9%, to $8.02, while New Gold captured 19 cents, or 5.3%, to $3.78. In materials, First Majestic Silver powered ahead 69 cents, or 8.7%, to $8.59, while Fortuna Silver Mines moved up 42 cents, or 6.8%, to $6.59. Tilray led health-care stocks upward 19 cents, or 10…

The number of immigrants who choose to stay in Toronto five years after getting here is declining, Statistics Canada says, and one of the possible reasons why will likely not come as a surprise to most.

Halifax police say the 39-year-old man who allegedly killed a woman and her father on New Year’s Eve was a fugitive wanted in a 2019 Toronto nightclub shooting.

Two men from Saskatchewan have been charged after another man had to leap from a moving vehicle during an attempted robbery.

J.T. Miller scored in the shootout and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Seattle Kraken 4-3 on Thursday night.

Douglas Gordon Ewing’s criminal past dates back to the 1970s, when he was convicted of attempted murder. He also escaped lawful custody.

As many pledge to undertake a “Dry January” as a booze-free antidote to the excesses of the holidays, B.C. researchers have launched an online tool they say measures the costs of alcohol consumption and the benefits of cutting back.

Nearly 40,000 people stuck in a backlog of family reunification applications in Quebec.

RCMP have made what they call a “major recovery” of stolen property in Athabasca. 

More and more pet owners are considering their animals when drawing up wills, so they will be cared for in case of tragedy.