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NFL’s Jim Brown reaches $600K deal in video game suit
LOS ANGELES – NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown has accepted a $600,000 offer from…
Crews fighting blaze at train collision site with 3 missing
DALLAS – Crews are expected to work into the night fighting a blaze at the…
Passwords often a ‘weak point’ for consumers in cyber security
TORONTO – This month, the University of Calgary paid $20,000 to regain access to its…
B.C. real estate panel calls for hefty fines, end to aggressive marketing
VANCOUVER – A panel struck to restore faith in British Columbia’s besieged real estate industry…
Clean power projects from Three Amigos agreement expected to increase exports
CALGARY – A commitment to increase non-emitting, clean power generation being made at this week’s…
Canada’s beef industry welcomes Mexico lifting import ban on older cattle
CALGARY – Mexico’s lifting of a more than decade-long ban on some cattle imports will…
Pending US home sales slumped in May amid supply shortage
WASHINGTON – Fewer Americans signed contracts to buy homes in May, with the year-over-year pace…
Court approves BCE friendly takeover of Manitoba Telecom Services
WINNIPEG – The proposed takeover of Manitoba Telecom Services by one of its rivals has…
EU spells out conditions for single market access to Britain
BRUSSELS – European Union leaders drew a stark line along the British Channel on Wednesday,…
New rules designed to shield Fort McMurray from ‘unscrupulous’ homebuilders
CALGARY – The resumes of companies that want to rebuild homes destroyed or damaged by…
Depressed oil prices help push Alberta deficit to $6.4B last fiscal year
EDMONTON – The Alberta government says depressed oil prices and a shrinking economy pushed its…
CRTC rejects Bell appeal against sharing high-speed Internet infrastructure
OTTAWA – The CRTC has rejected Bell’s effort to overturn a rule requiring big Internet…
Istanbul airport attackers seized on chaos to cause carnage
ISTANBUL – It was an attack that echoed the carnage earlier this year at the…
Laurentian Bank to acquire Canadian arm of CIT Group
MONTREAL – Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSX:LB) has reached an agreement with New York-based CIT…
Lionsgate to buy Starz in US$4.4-billion friendly takeover deal
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – There’s a US$4.4-billion entertainment deal in the works, as Lionsgate seeks…
Uber Canada drivers to be covered under ride-hailing insurance plan in Alberta
EDMONTON – Uber Canada says Alberta’s new insurance policy for ride-hailing companies could pave the…
CSeries federal funding ‘critical’ despite turning page on past: Bombardier CEO
MIRABEL, Que. – Bombardier says it still needs federal financial support for its new CSeries…
Canadian economy edges up in April, no thanks to lack of playoff hockey
OTTAWA – The Canadian economy edged up 0.1 per cent in April — no thanks…
Ontario regulation changes relax liquor laws, strengthen worker protections
TORONTO – Ontario’s liquor laws will relax a little more as a series of provincial…
Lions Gate to buy cable channel Starz in $4.4 billion deal
NEW YORK – Film and TV studio Lions Gate is buying cable channel operator Starz…
Netflix to boost original series, films in and from Asia
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – Netflix plans to expand its Asian offerings to subscribers around…
Some benefit cheques will be mailed during potential Canada Post labour disruption
TORONTO – Those depending on Old Age Security and Canada Pension Plan cheques can still…
Feds label microbeads as ‘toxic substance’ in key step towards outright ban
OTTAWA – The federal government has officially listed microbeads as a toxic substance, giving it…
Northern Gateway pipeline proposal stymied after court quashes approval
VANCOUVER – A pipeline proposal more than a decade in the making has suffered a…