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OTTAWA — The potential for U.S. tariffs is clouding the economic outlook for the Bank of Canada as it delivered another interest rate cut, reducing its policy rate by a quarter-percentage point to three per cent.

Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford pitched himself Wednesday as the best steward of the economy in the face of looming tariffs, but the other party leaders say his record from the last seven years suggests otherwise.

A Toronto boys' school is mourning a former student who died after falling from a street pole in Philadelphia as fans celebrated the Eagles' victory in Sunday's NFC championship game. St.

Canadian authorities say they've intercepted a human smuggling attempt in Ontario's Niagara region as part of a larger border security effort.

TORONTO — Sum 41's members have experienced the highs and lows of the music industry over their nearly three-decade career. And as the band prepares to hang up their instruments, they're sharing a few surprising memories from their incredible run.

TORONTO — Winding up a rock band is never easy, but for members of Sum 41, the experience has been an odd mixture of confusion, camaraderie and ultimately acceptance.

OTTAWA — A lawyer for Abousfian Abdelrazik accused the federal government of "serial hypocrisies" as closing arguments began on his client's lawsuit over his prolonged detention in Sudan.

OTTAWA — The six candidates running for Liberal leadership have now all registered with Elections Canada, which monitors their fundraising activities as political leadership contestants under the law.

TORONTO — An Ontario judge has begun hearing arguments about whether to approve a landmark $32.5-billion settlement that would see three major tobacco companies compensate provinces, territories and ex-smokers.

TORONTO — The CFL's free-agency process will kick into high gear Sunday. That’s when the league’s free-agency window will open, allowing CFL teams to talk freely with any pending free agents and/or their representatives.