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OTTAWA — Draft regulations removing the carbon price from home heating oil are now in effect, Finance Canada confirmed Friday, but the change will do little to ease affordability woes for Canadians who rely on oil furnaces to stay warm.

VANCOUVER — The Canadian Press reported on Nov. 8 and 9 that it was estimated about 30 million people had registered to buy tickets for Taylor Swift's six concerts next year in Toronto.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index made a small gain Friday, buoyed by strength in energy stocks, while U.S. markets rallied to end the week, led by a two-per-cent gain on the Nasdaq.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Mark Brace is mining the earth in Newfoundland and Labrador for a timeless piece of granite that will become part of the final resting place for a "soldier known but to God.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. secretary of state urged India again Friday to work with Canada on its investigation into the killing of Hardeep Singh Najjar — a simple ask Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has also been making "from the very beginning.

MONTREAL — AtkinsRéalis more than doubled its profit last quarter and raised its financial forecast for the year as the company shifts to growth and rounds out its transition to a pure-play engineering firm.

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg hockey coach is facing a slew of charges after police allege she sexually assaulted and exploited a player.

OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has issued a warning to three government bodies about overloading fishing boats, in response to the deaths of two New Brunswick lobster fishermen earlier this year.

MONTREAL — On a cool day in May at the Vancouver airport last year, Heather Walkus found herself stuck on the curb without assistance for nearly an hour.

MONTREAL — Université de Montréal has suspended one of its lecturers after he was filmed appearing to hurl insults during a confrontation linked to the Israel-Hamas war.