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Ontario will be offering funding to public-health units that want to merge as the province works on a "longer-term" approach to public health that clarifies roles and responsibilities, Health Minister Sylvia Jones said Tuesday.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesdayon the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,691.21, down 93.66 points): Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSX:GWO). Finance. Down 63 cents, or 1.64 per cent, to $37.78 on 10.

TORONTO — Losses in the financial sector dragged Canada's main stock index lower Tuesday, while U.S. markets were mixed. Rising bond yields in Canada and the U.S.

MONTREAL — Quebec has released a new plan to curb the number of collisions on its roads, including higher fines to deter dangerous driving.

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Edmonton's Marco Arop cruised into the men's 800-metre semifinals on Tuesday at the World Athletics Championships. Arop finished atop the seventh and final heat with a time of one minute 45.05 seconds.

OTTAWA — Toughening up the bail system without putting more people of colour behind bars is a balancing act, the leader of Canada's police chiefs said Tuesday.

FREDERICTON — A First Nations community in New Brunswick will soon be surrounded by security gates in an effort to curb illegal drug activity.

ATLANTA — Mather Economics says it has acquired artificial intelligence-driven analytics platform Sophi Inc. from the Globe and Mail.

NEW YORK — Eugenie Bouchard advanced to the second round of qualifying at the U.S. Open with a 6-2, 6-3 win over American Katherine Hui on Tuesday. Hui struggled on serve with seven double-faults and was broken by Bouchard six times on 10 chances.

Climate change has made summers like the kind that led to Quebec's disastrous wildfire season at least seven times more likely to happen again, says a new scientific analysis. The study by the U.K.