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TORONTO — Shopify Inc. says it will reduce its head count by about 20 per cent and sell its logistics business as it aims to reduce distracting "side quests" in the latest big change by the Canadian tech company.

TORONTO — A backlog of cases at Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board has grown to 38,000 and it is taking an average of seven or eight months – sometimes up to two years – for a hearing to be scheduled, the province's ombudsman said Thursday.

TORONTO — Loblaw Companies Ltd. says it has reached a deal with TC Energy that will see the grocer's operations in Alberta powered entirely by wind, sun and water.

TORONTO — The Bank of Canada has shifted its messaging in recent months from the need to get inflation under control to bringing it back down to the two per cent target.

The University of Waterloo is ending its research partnership with Chinese tech giant Huawei this year in an effort to "safeguard" scientific research at the school. The move will mark the end of an agreement that has been in place since 2016.

The sons of a renowned Indigenous artist wept on Thursday at an inquest into their father's death, criticizing the failure to treat his mental health struggles before he died by suicide in a Thunder Bay jail.

TORONTO — Brandon Montour unloaded a one-timer and watched the puck hit the back of the net before dropping to one knee and sweeping his glove over the ice in celebration.

Communities in eastern Ontario declared local states of emergency over flood risks as water levels on the Ottawa River were expected to peak Thursday.

TORONTO — Hassan Cohen, Romeo Kabongo, Anthony Williams and Vincent Williams will all be returning to the CFL's officiating academy.

TORONTO — You've received an invitation to a milestone birthday, wedding or baby shower and after glossing over some details you spot the saying: “your presence is a present.