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KINGSTON, Ont. — A defrocked Oblate priest and convicted sex offender is facing eight new criminal charges for past sexual assaults he allegedly committed while living in Nunavut.

TORONTO — Sometimes Mackenzie Hughes allows himself to imagine what it would be like to win the RBC Canadian Open. The cheers as he walked up the 18th fairway, the roar when he sank the final putt, the weight of the trophy as he lifted it.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,983.69, down 71.91): Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Up 70 cents, or 1.76 per cent, to $40.49 on 14.3 million shares.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index moved lower Wednesday as the market digested an interest rate hike by the Bank of Canada, while U.S. markets were mixed. The Bank of Canada hiked its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.

TORONTO — Once again, Rory McIlroy found himself in the eye of the storm.

TORONTO — The Toronto Six have extended the contract of head coach Geraldine Heaney through the 2023-24 Premier Hockey Federation season. Heaney took over the role before the 2022-23 season and led the Six to the club's first Isobel Cup title.

TORONTO — The Bank of Canada hiked its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter percentage point, bringing the rate to 4.75 per cent — the highest it's been since April 2001.

TORONTO — Rogers Communication Inc.

HAMILTON — Police are investigating after several Pride flags were reported stolen from residences and schools in Hamilton. City police say they received reports of six Pride flags being stolen across Hamilton.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford urged everyone in the province Wednesday to refrain from lighting campfires, as 54 wildfires burned across the province and smoke from fires in Quebec degraded air quality.