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TORONTO — Canada shone brightly at Sunday night's Emmy Awards as "The Handmaid's Tale," "Big Little Lies" and "Saturday Night Live" were the top award winners.

TORONTO — Kinross Gold Corp. (TSX:K) announced plans to expand its Tasiast mine in Mauritania and Round Mountain mine in Nevada at a combined cost of more than US$1 billion.

OTTAWA — Peter Herrndorf will be stepping down as head of the National Arts Centre in June after leading Canada's largest performing arts organization for 18 years.

DIGBY, N.S. — Several dozen lobster fishermen gathered outside a federal Fisheries office in southwestern Nova Scotia on Monday to continue their protest over what they say is an illegal Indigenous commercial fishery.

TORONTO — The mayor of Toronto has announced a series of measures to tackle traffic problems in the city.

TORONTO — Piers Handling says he is looking forward to enjoying a luxury he hasn't had in 35 years — a summer break. The director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival still has another year before he steps down from his post.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says foreign investment in Canadian securities totalled $24.0 billion in July, led by a record acquisition of Canadian bonds.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul says he's healthy enough to play hockey, despite the fact he failed his medical on the first day of training camp. Lupul posted a photo on Instagram on Sunday of what appears to be him snowboarding.

HAMILTON — The four federal NDP leadership hopefuls had one last chance Sunday to make their case to party voters before balloting begins to select a replacement for outgoing leader Thomas Mulcair.

VANCOUVER — The RCMP has launched at least 20 investigations involving dozens of vendors shipping fentanyl from China as Canada grapples with a record number of illicit opioid deaths, the force's director of serious organized crime says.