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Toronto billionaire, wife found dead; Police call deaths ‘suspicious’
Toronto billionaire and philanthropist Barry Sherman and his wife were found dead in their mansion…
Major media players start commission for sexual misconduct
LOS ANGELES – The biggest figures and institutions in entertainment have established a commission to…
Railway executive Hunter Harrison dead at 73, CSX Corporation confirms
JACKSONVILLE,, United States – Hunter Harrison, the plain-spoken, gruff American who rewrote the Canadian railroading…
Montreal seeks to be world leader in responsible artificial intelligence research
MONTREAL – Various computer scientists, researchers, lawyers and other techies have recently been attending biweekly…
Christmas tail: Europe deal could slow yuletide lobster biz
PORTLAND, Maine – A trade deal between Canada and the European Union could amount to…
Sudden power outage creates ‘nightmare’ at Atlanta airport
ATLANTA – A sudden power outage caused by a fire in an underground electrical facility…
Police release cause of death of Barry and Honey Sherman
TORONTO – Homicide detectives have taken over the investigation into the deaths of billionaire Barry…
Canopy Growth forms JV to convert Quebec tomato greenhouse to cannabis
MIRABEL, Que. – Canopy Growth Corp. has signed a joint-venture deal with Les Serres Stephane…
Canadian Press business story of the year selections over the years
TORONTO – A list of The Canadian Press business stories of the year, as determined…
Inter Pipeline green-lights $3.5B petrochemical project to produce plastic
CALGARY – Inter Pipeline Ltd. (TSX:IPL) says it has decided to go ahead with a…
Campbell gets the munchies, buys Snyder’s-Lance for $4.87B
NEW YORK – Campbell Soup will spend $4.87 billion in cash for Snyder’s-Lance, gorging on…
Smiley claims PBS made mistake in ouster, but PBS fires back
NEW YORK – Tavis Smiley has defended himself from allegations he had sexual relationships with…
Canadian grocers make $3M per year from penny-rounding: UBC study
VANCOUVER – Grocery stores across the country are cashing in on the demise of the…
Bombardier joint ventures win rail contracts in China and Australia
MONTREAL – Bombardier says its railway division has entered the Chinese monorail market after its…
Bitcoin futures decline in debut on 2nd US exchange
NEW YORK – Bitcoin’s debut on a second major exchange in the U.S. lacked the…
Trump administration blames NKorea for big ransomware attack
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration is publicly blaming North Korea for a ransomware attack…
Liberals add caveat to summer jobs program funding as applications open
OTTAWA – A federal jobs program targeted at youth met the government’s goal for placements…
Wireless carriers can’t keep up after weekend price-cutting promotion
TORONTO – Canada’s major wireless carriers are apologizing for long customer service wait times as…
Procurement minister cuts first steel for third Arctic patrol vessel
HALIFAX – Canada’s federal procurement minister isn’t ruling out the possibility of asking Irving Shipbuilding…
Luxury still sells as vacancy rates rise in Alberta’s oilsands workcamp sector
CALGARY – Driving by empty workforce accommodation camps along northern Alberta highways near Fort McMurray,…
Nebraska panel denies TransCanada request to amend Keystone XL order
CALGARY – Nebraska regulators have declined requests to amend its approval allowing TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone…
How to register to receive $25 Loblaw card after bread price-fixing arrangement admission
VANCOUVER – Loblaw Companies Ltd. is offering customers a $25 gift card as a goodwill…
Aecon shareholders vote to approve takeover offer by Chinese company
TORONTO – Aecon Group Inc. shareholders voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to approve a $1.5-billion takeover of…
US short of options to punish NKorea for serious cyberattack
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration vowed Tuesday that North Korea would be held accountable for…