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Brookfield Asset Management completes privatization of Brookfield Property partners

July 26, 2021

CALGARY — Brookfield Asset Management Inc. says it has closed a deal to acquire the remaining stake in Brookfield Property Partners.The previously announced deal to buy the ...

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

July 26, 2021

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (20,164.96, down 23.47 points.) Brookfield Property Partners LP...

Cruise ships 101: Industry plagued by pandemic outbreaks plots comeback

July 26, 2021

HALIFAX — It was an outbreak that captivated the world.In early 2020 the gleaming Diamond Princess cruise ship became the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic outside of ...

VA requires COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers

July 26, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines, as the ...

StatCan data shows youth unemployment rates have risen during the COVID-19 pandemic

July 26, 2021

HALIFAX — New data from Statistics Canada shows that while youth unemployment has risen during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding full-time work has been increasingly ...

MDA gets $35.3 million contract from Canadian Space Agency for Canadarm 3 components

July 26, 2021

BRAMPTON, Ont. — The Canadian Space Agency has awarded a contract worth $35.3 million to MDA Ltd. to design a key component of Canadarm 3.The funds will be used to design ...

North American markets take a breather Monday in advance of heavy earnings week

July 26, 2021

TORONTO — North American stock markets were relatively quiet Monday in advance of a flood of earnings reports from major U.S. and Canadian companies expected later this ...

Brookfield confident in offer for Inter Pipeline after Pembina terminates rival bid

July 26, 2021

CALGARY — Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LLP said it's confident its hostile bid for Calgary-based Inter Pipeline will be successful now that Pembina Pipeline Corp. has ...

Singer Keating accepts damages in tabloid phone hacking case

July 26, 2021

LONDON (AP) — Irish singer Ronan Keating on Monday accepted "substantial damages" from a British tabloid newspaper publisher over phone hacking.The former member of boy band ...

On a quiet weekend, ‘Old’ tops, ‘Snake Eyes’ sinks

July 25, 2021

M. Night Shyamalan’s "Old" easily won a slower weekend at the North American box office, while the G.I. Joe pic "Snake Eyes" lived up to its name.Although both fresh ...

Production of De Havilland turboprops key to negotiations as strike deadline nears

July 25, 2021

The union representing Bombardier and De Havilland aerospace workers in Toronto are threatening a strike this week unless negotiations can guarantee Dash 8 turboprop jobs ...

Rio Tinto smelter workers go on strike in Kitimat, B.C.

July 25, 2021

KITIMAT, B.C. — Approximately 900 Rio Tinto workers at the company's aluminum smelting facilities in Kitimat, B.C. have gone on strike.The walkout began today at one minute ...

China's Tencent ordered to end exclusive music contracts

July 23, 2021

BEIJING (AP) — Internet giant Tencent was ordered...

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

July 23, 2021

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies ...

Retail sells fell by 2.1% in May, but will likely to climb further in June: StatCan

July 23, 2021

OTTAWA — Retail sales in Canada stumbled for the ...

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Supers wrap up first place with successful road trip

July 20, 2021

The Canora Supers ended the regular season with three road games, and won two out of the three to clinch first place in the Southeast Senior Baseball League’s regular ...

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Poll pegs Pierre Trudeau as best of last nine prime ministers

July 22, 2021

Every year, Research Co. and Glacier Media review the sentiments of Canadians on our last nine prime ministers, as well as their views on the men and women who could have ...