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NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Italian skip Joel Retornaz remained undefeated at the Grand Slam's HearingLife Tour Challenge with an 8-2 dismantling of defending Olympic champion Niklas Edin on Thursday.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,348.81, down 101.89 points): TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Down six cents, or 0.13 per cent, to $47.35 on 12.7 million shares.

TORONTO — In his first ever NBA pre-season, forward Gradey Dick promised himself to put in long hours at the Toronto Raptors' training facilities and do whatever his coaches asked of him.

TORONTO — A New Democrat legislator has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford over comments made about her statement on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, while the Ontario legislature debates a motion to censure her.

TORONTO — A second Ontario teachers union has now taken a step toward a possible strike, with members voting overwhelmingly in favour of job action, if necessary, to spur movement at the bargaining table.

TORONTO — Even before she set foot in Israel, Erin Lehrer knew it was home. That's what her mother told her — though she hadn't been to Israel either — and what she was taught at the Jewish day school she attended in Montreal, Lehrer said.

The man accused of killing four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., told a jury Thursday he knew his actions were considered a terrorist attack. On the stand in the Windsor, Ont.

TORONTO — A survey by EY shows 81 per cent Canadian companies experienced at least 25 cybersecurity incidents over the past year, compared to 73 per cent of respondents globally.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Loblaw Companies Ltd. says members of its PC Optimum loyalty program can now redeem their points for monthly subscriptions to the Apple TV+ streaming service and Apple Arcade.

Ottawa paramedics are seeking provincial approval for a new program that would see some patients with non-urgent concerns taken to hospital in a taxi, in a bid to ease the crushing demands on ambulance crews.