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Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock…
Lamborghini joins the boom in supercar SUVs
SANT’AGATA, Italy – Supercar makers have long known that parked next to that snarling Lamborghini,…
Flair Airlines tinkering with ultra low cost model by eliminating carry-on fee
MONTREAL – Flair Airlines Ltd. is tinkering in Canada with the ultra low-cost airline model…
WH budget meeting planned with Trump, congressional leaders
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and congressional leaders have scheduled a summit to begin sorting…
New Montreal bridge currently being built had 2,000 defects: report
MONTREAL – The federal transport minister offered reassurances Monday a new Montreal bridge will be…
Kinder Morgan and Burnaby clash in NEB hearing over Trans Mountain project
CALGARY – Kinder Morgan Canada and Burnaby, B.C., clashed in a National Energy Board’s hearing…
MPs give Equifax Canada’s chief privacy officer a rough ride over data breach
OTTAWA – MPs chastised an Equifax Canada executive Monday for not doing more to make…
Softwood exports to U.S. down but it’s not causing big financial pinch
OTTAWA – Canada’s softwood lumber exports to the U.S. have fallen since the Americans imposed…
Troubled meat market is key supplier for Haiti’s capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – La Saline slaughterhouse is a nightmarish panorama of animal blood, body parts…
Trudeau says trade with China an answer to rising populism
BEIJING – Pursuing free trade with China and preserving the North American Free Trade Agreement…
Ed Sheeran tops Spotify’s 2017 list with 6.3 billion streams
NEW YORK – The Grammys may have dissed Ed Sheeran, but Spotify says he is…
CBC to launch ad-free paid streaming option as part of revamped TV app
TORONTO – CBC said Monday it plans to launch a paid version of a new…
Senate panel approves Jerome Powell as Fed chairman
WASHINGTON – The Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday approved President Donald Trump’s selection of Jerome…
Ontario Teachers’ and Glencore team up in base metals joint venture
TORONTO – Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has formed a 50-50 joint-venture with Glencore Canada Corp.…
Obama, the chicken nugget guy, among most retweeted in 2017
NEW YORK – What do a former U.S. president, LeBron James and a guy who…
Nestle buying Quebec vitamin maker Atrium Innovations for US$2.3 billion
MONTREAL – European packaged goods giant Nestle says it will acquire Quebec-based vitamin maker Atrium…
Toronto home sales in November up over October but down year-to-year
TORONTO – The Toronto Real Estate Board says the number of sales in the Greater…
Quebecers cited in alleged virtual currency scam now facing U.S. charges
American authorities have frozen the assets of two Quebecers who allegedly were involved in a…
Halifax tech incubator Volta Labs triples in size, touts track record
HALIFAX – A Halifax tech incubator is tripling in size to become what the province…
Ex-Obama appointee pledges to run government ‘the Ohio way’
GROVE CITY, Ohio – Former consumer watchdog Richard Cordray said Tuesday that he will focus…
Broadway producers sue over casting directors’ union drive
NEW YORK – Broadway producers filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against casting directors who are…
Pro-NAFTA American lawmakers press Trump at meeting
WASHINGTON – A number of pro-trade American lawmakers had lunch with Donald Trump on Tuesday…
Couillard bemoans lack of qualified labour in Quebec
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard bemoaned the dearth of qualified labour in the province Tuesday, saying…
TSX defers consideration of CanniMed Therapeutics shareholder rights plan
SASKATOON – CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. says it has been notified that the Toronto Stock Exchange…