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TORONTO — Ontario's finance minister has told the LCBO to cancel a pilot project that would have seen six stores scan identification cards before allowing customers inside. Peter Bethlenfalvy says he has heard serious concerns about the pilot.

TORONTO — Home sales rose in an unseasonably warm January to mark a second month of rising activity and softening prices, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Wednesday. January sales were up 3.

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. reported that gold production for 2023 fell short of its guidance as it set out lower expected production for the year ahead. The gold miner said Wednesday that production for the year totalled 4.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford's government has a plan to get its blue licence plates off the roads, four years after discovering they are barely visible at night – and that plan is to sit back and wait.

TORONTO — Spin Master Corp. says revenue during its latest quarter, which covered the key holiday season, was up 7.9 per cent from a year earlier, but the company's revenue for its fiscal 2023 overall were down 5.

TORONTO — Power Corp. of Canada has hired veteran Scotiabank executive Jake Lawrence as its next chief financial officer.

Toronto Fire crews rescued two people from a two-alarm fire at a low rise residential building east of downtown early Wednesday morning.

TORONTO — As the Toronto Public Library gradually works to restore full service following a crippling October cyberattack, experts are warning that public organizations need to find ways to bolster their ransomware defences, despite having limited re

TORONTO (AP) — Bobby McMann registered the first hat trick of his NHL career as the short-handed Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Tuesday night. William Nylander had the other goal for Toronto. Ilya Samsonov made 14 saves.

TORONTO — The Maple Leafs started life without Morgan Rielly on a winning note Tuesday. The NHL suspended Toronto's No. 1 defenceman for five games before the opening faceoff against the St.