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TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,025.78, down 8.81 points): Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Finance. Down $1.40, or 1.05 per cent, to $132.34 on 20.

Ottawa's Rideau Canal is set to close for skating at 10 p.m. this evening, just four days after a section of the skateway was first opened for the season.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was essentially flat Wednesday despite strength in energy stocks after the Bank of Canada held its overnight rate steady, while U.S. markets ended on a mixed note after softening throughout the afternoon.

TORONTO — Ontario public servants have won additional pay increases of 6.5 per cent - the latest in a series of retroactive pay decisions for workers affected by a wage restraint law that was found unconstitutional.

TORONTO — A big-screen adaptation of Kim Thúy’s autobiographical novel “Ru” had the author revisiting sometimespainful childhood memories of fleeing Vietnam but she says it was “a privilege” to do so through the eyes of its young star.

TORONTO — Canadian indie rock band Tokyo Police Club is calling it quits. The Newmarket, Ont.-formed act says it's planning "one last big bash" later this year and will play two nights in Toronto before breaking up.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — The operator of the Fallsview Casino Resort has been fined after Ontario's gaming regulator says it failed to flag a patron who brought in tens of thousands of dollars in cash in a reusable grocery bag.

TORONTO — A teenage boy is facing multiple charges in a stabbing in north Toronto that police originally said involved a machete. Police say they were called to the area near Bathurst Street and Finch Avenue around 3:40 p.m.

TORONTO — Ford says a recall of its Explorer SUVs will affect 93,000 Canadians.

TORONTO — As competitors circle the market, Firehouse Subs is on a mission to lure in an uncommon set of restaurant owners to help it grow the brand in Canada.