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July 15, 2024: Cleveland-Cliffs announces a deal to acquire Stelco for about $3.4 billion, including debt. 

Oct. 29, 2024: Ottawa approves the takeover under the Investment Canada Act, subject to binding five-year commitments, including maintaining employment levels, keeping Stelco's head office in Hamilton and supporting Canadian steel operations. 

Stelco's American parent company has pledged to recall 175 temporarily laid-off steelworkers and repay their lost wages after weeks of federal pressure, including threats of legal action and the prospect of an investigation into anticompetitive conduct.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. said Friday it had secured enough customer commitments to restart finishing operations at Stelco's Hamilton plant, with all affected employees to be recalled on Dec. 1.

A man has died after a fire in Toronto's east end that had firefighters battling intense heat and blinding smoke to pull the victim from the burning home, the fire chief said Friday. 

Chief Jim Jessop said crews "forced their way down into a chimney with extreme heat" as they responded to the morning fire. A man was quickly pulled from the house and sent to hospital where he died. 

A day after threatening to sue Stellantis to recoup federal cash given to the automaker, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says she's still hopeful she can prevent the company from selling its Brampton, Ont., assembly plant to Roshel.

Joly said Ottawa is "still in solution mode to prevent the sale," which includes working with the Ontario government and the union representing more than 9,000 Stellantis workers in Canada.

Hospitals and other health institutions in Toronto say their email services are returning to normal after a global Microsoft 365 outage caused some delays and disruptions.

Unity Health Toronto, which includes St. Michael’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Health Centre, says staff experienced difficulties sending and receiving emails on Thursday but people could reach a clinic or department by calling the main hospital phone line.