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OTTAWA — The $18.4 million CBC/Radio-Canada awarded in bonuses to its employees this year is shocking, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained 1.2 per cent Thursday in a broad-based rally, while U.S. markets also soared to trade near recent record highs.

It wasn't until a cluster of Listeria cases emerged in Ontario that the federal health agency says it was able to find the source of an outbreak that's now linked to three deaths and 20 infections.

OTTAWA — A Conservative member of Parliament is calling for an emergency meeting to launch a study on violence against women.

OTTAWA — Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon has rejected a request from Canadian National Railway Co. for binding arbitration as the clock ticks down to a potential lockout of its employees.

TORONTO — Ontario child-care operators in the national $10-a-day program will soon be compensated in a way the province says will cover the true cost of providing care, after many said they were struggling to keep their doors open under the current s

OTTAWA — The Canadian government is still calling for an investigation into Israel's destruction nearly a month ago of a large water facility in an area of the Gaza Strip where Ottawa is known for supporting Palestinians.

TORONTO — OMERS says it earned a net investment return of 4.

TORONTO — RBC and TD Bank Group have agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars in penalties after being charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over recordkeeping violations. RBC Capital Markets has agreed to pay US$45 million.

OTTAWA — Canada's housing market softened slightly in July from a month earlier as sales of existing homes dipped and new listings inched up, the Canadian Real Estate Association said. Sales were down 0.