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Gordon Lightfoot's 'Sundown' guitar sells for US$350,000 in auction

Gordon Lightfoot's 'Sundown' guitar sells for US$350,000 in auction

TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot's treasured "Sundown" guitar will remain in Canadian hands after it sold for US$350,000 in an estate auction over the weekend.
Argos celebrate Grey Cup title with energetic fan rally at Maple Leaf Square

Argos celebrate Grey Cup title with energetic fan rally at Maple Leaf Square

TORONTO — You would have never guessed this was Mike (Pinball) Clemons's eighth Grey Cup celebration.
Toyota Highlander tops list of most stolen vehicles in 2023: Équité Association

Toyota Highlander tops list of most stolen vehicles in 2023: Équité Association

TORONTO — The Toyota Highlander was the most stolen vehicle in 2023, dethroning the Honda CR-V as the nation's top stolen car for two years in a row, an insurance crime and fraud prevention group said on Tuesday.
Ontario launching new mental health program for first responders

Ontario launching new mental health program for first responders

TORONTO — Ontario is launching a new mental health program for first responders.

Here's a list of October inflation rates for selected Canadian cities

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was two per cent in October, Statistics Canada says.

Here's a list of October inflation rates for Canadian provinces

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was two per cent in October, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.1 per cent (0.7) — Prince Edward Island: 1.3 per cent (1.
George Weston reports third-quarter profit down on large one-time charge

George Weston reports third-quarter profit down on large one-time charge

TORONTO — George Weston Ltd. reported a third-quarter profit attributable to common shareholders of $15 million compared with a profit of $610 million in the same quarter a year ago as it was hit by a large one-time charge.

Woman, 40, charged after toddler dies from drug toxicity in Niagara Falls, Ont.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — A 40-year-old woman is facing charges in the death of a toddler who was found without vital signs in a Niagara Falls, Ont., home last year.
Ontario proposes fix to issue of dwindling long-term care cultural admissions

Ontario proposes fix to issue of dwindling long-term care cultural admissions

TORONTO — Ontario is proposing a pilot project to tweak long-term care priority rules in order to address a problem of declining and mismatched admissions to the province's cultural homes.
Toronto author Anne Michaels wins Giller Prize for novel 'Held'

Toronto author Anne Michaels wins Giller Prize for novel 'Held'

TORONTO — Toronto poet-novelist Anne Michaels appealed for “unity” in Canada’s arts community on Monday night as she accepted the Giller Prize, an award boycotted by several prominent Canadian authors over its sponsors’ ties to Israel.