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Knight Therapeutics sells fast-track drug certificate
Jonathan Goodman , president and CEO of newly formed company Knight Therapeutics in his new space in Montreal, Feb. 28, 2014.
Review says Red Chris mine failure would eclipse Mount Polley damage
Mazda CX-3 a bit bigger than a breadbox, but fits four adults
The Mazda CX-3 is revealed at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Nov. 18, 2014.
No clear pathway for legal US residents to upload copies of green cards on HealthCare.gov
FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2014 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell speaks at Florida International University College of Law in Miami. Like other HealthCare.gov customers, immigrants are relieved that the government’s health insurance website is working fairly well this year. They’re baffled, though, by what looks like an obvious lapse: It’s the inability to easily upload a copy of their green card, the government identification document that shows they are legal U.S. residents and therefore entitled to benefits under President Barack Obama’s health care law. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
Marc Habscheid "not too worried" about short-term status with Raiders
Canada coach Marc Habscheid responds to reporter's questions, Wednesday, May 10, 2006, in Riga, Latvia. Habscheid's coaching experience with junior, NHL, and Canadian national and Olympic teams did not earn him much job security with his new club.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Obama signs bipartisan bill updating federal child care grants to states
President Barack Obama signs the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 into law, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. At left is Rep. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Billy Butler and Athletics agree to three-year, $30-million contract
FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2014, file photo, Kansas City Royals' Billy Butler runs to third as he advances on an Alex Gordon single in the seventh inning during a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in Kansas City, Mo.
Americans should shop at Target in Canada and get two deals in one
Michael Babad
Do women pay more than men for similar products? A look at price difference in 4 continents
Man arrested in connection with woman's death in Sioux Lookout, Ont.
A Toronto first: Two men rob jewellery store wearing burkas
Security video shows two men who Toronto Police say disguised themselves as women in burkas while robbing a jewellery store.
Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton puts pen to paper on record contract
FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2014, file photo, Miami Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton celebrates his home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif.
Jewellery robbers shown in security video
Slingshot pencil, bottle rockets make annual '10 worst toys' from consumer safety group
James Swartz, director of World Against Toys Causing Harm Inc., points out the term "Play Safe and Enjoy!!!" on the package for the Catapencil, a combination pencil and slingshot, at Children's Franciscan Hospital in Boston, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The consumer watchdog group has released its annual list of what it considers to be the 10 most unsafe toys as the holiday season approaches. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Ten unique tech gift ideas for less than $100
Environmental coalition says Brazil's emissions of greenhouse gases rose 8 per cent last year
FILE - This Sept. 15, 2009 file photo shows a deforested area near Novo Progresso in Brazil's northern state of Para. Emission levels of greenhouse gases in Latin America's biggest country were almost 8 percent higher in 2013 than one year earlier, a Brazilian network of environmental groups said Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The report said that soil use changes in 2013 accounted for 16.48 percent of the emissions due to increased deforestation levels in the Amazon region and in the savanna-like ecosystem known as the Cerrado in central Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
Feds say California lab violated law by putting live rabbit in freezer but don't cite company
US indexes shift lower ahead of Fed minutes, pulling Dow, S&P 500 below records
Ontario Premier requests meeting with Harper after being rebuffed
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne speaks in Toronto on Monday October 20, 2014.
Federal jury orders AutoZone to pay $185M after finding it retaliated against pregnant manager
Don’t limit the role of health officers to needles and pills
Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, to head Small Business Committee as GOP shuffles committee chairs
'Buyer & Cellar' star Christopher J. Hanke gives tips on playing Streisand
Actor Christopher J. Hanke poses in Toronto on Tuesday, November 18, 2014. Hanke is the star of the stage comedy for the play called "Buyer & Cellar". THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Eaton Centre shooter to undergo psychiatric assessment
In this courtroom sketch, Christopher Husbands appears in court in Toronto on Monday, June 4, 2012. Prosecutors are seeking a psychiatric assessment for Husbands, the man accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring several others at Toronto's Eaton Centre. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tammy Hoy
Bachelor Canada Tim Warmels picks his bride-to-be as second season wraps
Tim Warmels picked April Brockman, a 27-year-old realtor from Wasaga Beach, Ont., to be his bride on “The Bachelor Canada.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Rogers Media
Emboldened by 'Foxcatcher,' Steve Carell vows 'not to play it safe anymore'
This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Steve Carell in a scene from "Foxcatcher." Carell portrays John du Pont, a millionaire convicted of third-degree murder in the death of Dave Schultz, an Olympic champion freestyle wrestler. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, Scott Garfield)
Showdown looms between US safety agency and Japanese air bag maker over recall
FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2014 file photo, David Friedman, the acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, testifies at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A showdown is looming between U.S. safety regulators and a Japanese company that makes air bags linked to multiple deaths and injuries. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)
2 anti-corporate groups to stop protests at Davos, say World Economic Forum no longer relevant
'All My Puny Sorrows' by Miriam Toews tops Maclean's fiction list
Target's 3Q earnings rise 3.2 per cent as it recovers from last year's data breach
Jason Collins, NBA’s first openly gay player, announces his retirement
FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2014, file photo, Brooklyn Nets centre Jason Collins, left, battles for a rebound with Los Angeles Lakers' Jordan Hill during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, announced his retirement on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014.
Grain mixed, livestock mostly lower
NDP wants to ban all flavoured tobacco products in Ontario, including menthol
Leader Thomas Mulcair welcomes ex-Bloc MP Maria Mourani to NDP
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair introduces new party member Maria Mourani during a press conference in Ottawa Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014.
World stock markets wallow as China property prices fall, Abe's next moves weighed
A man walks past an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Asian stocks faltered Thursday as China's manufacturing weakened and the latest Fed minutes reminded investors that U.S. interest rates are likely to rise next year. Japan's Nikkei 225 closed at 17,300.86 Thursday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
At the open: TSX retreats, traders look to Fed for rate hike hints
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has carefully conditioned market participants to follow economic indicators just as the Fed does.
Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-sign defensive lineman Zach Anderson
Massive collection of vintage movie posters to sell at auction as 1 lot; estimate $6M-$8M
This undated photo provided by the Profiles in History auction house shows vintage movie posters from a massive single-owner collection covering nearly the entire history of feature films - from 1907 to the present - that will be going on the auction block as one lot on Dec. 17, 2014 at Profiles in History in Calabasas, Calf. The collection belongs to Morris Everett Jr., who resides in Cleveland, Ohio, and owns a New York City movie photos leasing company. He says he’s selling because he’s about to turn 74, but who says he "would love to keep buying for the person who purchases the collection.” (AP Photo/Profiles in History)
Bathroom remodel: Looking for bargains can offset expensive taste
This undated photo from Diamond Spas shows their 42-inch stainless steel Japanese soaking tub. A similar model was available at a clearance price when the company moved showrooms. (AP Photo/Diamond Spas)
Ridesharing taxi-app service Uber expands to Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo
Nova Scotia's tax regime 'unsustainable,' review says, urging reforms
Laurel Broten, shown in January, 2013, was appointed to lead a review of Nova Scotia’s tax system.
Showings of 'The Hunger Games' cancelled in Thailand after planned political protest
FILE - In this June 1, 2014 file photo, an anti-coup protester gives a three-finger salute as soldiers keep eyes on him from an elevated walkway near a rally site in central Bangkok, Thailand. Five Thai university students were detained Wednesday, Nov. 19 after giving a three-fingered salute inspired by "The Hunger Games" to the army-backed prime minister in a daring protest against the country's military government. (AP Photo/Thanyarat Doksone, File)
Oneida Indians plan New York casino expansion with luxury outlet mall as new competition looms
Nearly 40 decontaminated from fire at Southern California waste facility, but danger subsides
Smoke billows above the scene of a fire at the Santa Paula Waste Water Company near Santa Paula , Calif., agricultural fields Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. The incident began when a vacuum truck exploded at the facility around 3:45 a.m. The blast scattered an organic peroxide that began to crystallize and spontaneously ignite, Fire Capt. Mike Lindbery told KTTV-TV. Firefighters were allowing spot fires to consume the substance that ignited. (AP Photo/The Ventura County Star, Anthony Plascencia) LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS OUT
Lucky break saves Saskatchewan business owner from confident sounding scammer
Petition to see women on bank notes tops 50,000
The polymer bank notes are pictured at the central train station in Vancouver, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013.
Under pressure to boost revenue, JetBlue will charge bag fees for customers in cheapest seats
FILE - In this June 2, 2010 file photo, a man watches a JetBlue airplane take off from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. JetBlue Airways Corp. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 said that it will create three ticket classes, and only the top two include at least one free checked bag. The company didn't say what the bag fee would be for the cheapest flights. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Analyst upgrades and downgrades: Sinkhole brightens outlook for Potash
An interior view of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.'s, facility in Lanigan, Sask.
TransCanada plans to double dividend growth rate
TransCanada president and CEO Russ Girling at an event in Toronto on Jan. 15, 2014.
NTSB adopts sleep-apnea proposals following Metro-North railroad accidents
Obama’s Keystone stance unworthy of great neighbours
Derek Burney, left, and Fen Hampson
Canadian plans up in vapour water for Toyota’s fuel cell car
Volkswagen recalls 442,000 cars to fix suspensions that can fracture after crashes
FILE - In this June 15, 2010 file photo, the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta is unveiled in New York's Times Square. Volkswagen on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 announced it is recalling 442,000 Jettas and Beetles to fix a problem that can cause rear suspension failure if the cars aren't fixed properly after a crash. The recall covers 2011 through 2013 Jettas and 2012 through 2013 Beetles. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Top Links: Is the commodity supercycle over or not?
In pictures: Toyota Mirai - a fuel cell sedan
Senior officer showed disregard for G20 protesters, hearing told
Riot police occupy the intersection of Spadina and Queen streets in Toronto on June 27, 2010, during protests against the G20 summit.
Guru arrested after six killed in standoff at Indian ashram
Supporters of Indian guru Sant Rampal line up as they prepare to leave the ashram that was stormed by police earlier in the day in Hisar, India, on Nov. 18, 2014.
Shake up pet gift giving with unique holiday options: Camera mount for dogs, ugly sweaters
In this undated photo provided by GoPro, a dog wearing two GoPro cameras, one on his back and one on his chest, held on by what is known as a Fetch dog harness, dig into sand at an unknown location. GoPro Inc.’s Fetch dog harness fits over your dogs chest or back and holds the small, waterproof camera known for attaching to helmets, surfboards, cars and wrists to film rugged adventures. Sony, Garmin and Kurgo also make camera mounts for dogs.(AP Photo/GoPro)
Social media helped solve case of convenience store robbery, police say
Why a new, bold Africa doesn’t want 'Sir Bob' riding to the rescue again
Geoffrey York
The latest littlest Cadillacs: twin-turbo tempests
The 2016 Cadillac ATS-V Sedan revealed at the L.A. Auto Show on Nov. 18, 2014.
US home construction down 2.8 per cent in October, with weakness in volatile apartment building
In this Nov. 4, 2014 photo, construction continues on a boutique apartment building on the southeast corner of Florida Ave. and 14th Street NW, in Washington. Construction of new homes fell slightly in October after a big surge in the previous month, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, but the weakness was largely driven by the volatile apartment sector. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Loonie closes lower as greenback strengthens on Fed minutes
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Dante Marsh says B.C. Lions had ‘no identity’ in 2014
B.C. Lions head coach Mike Benevides
Mirtle: Randy Carlyle under fire as Leafs hit skids again
James Mirtle
Target Canada focuses on holiday sales before deciding its future
FILE - In this July 23, 2014 file photo, Julie Wilkins helps her grandson, Griffin Brady, 3, put a box of crayons in a shopping cart while shopping for school supplies with her family at a Target store in Memphis, Tenn. Target reports quarterly financial results on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Brandon Dill, File)
Loonie falls after Keystone vote fails to pass, traders digest Fed minutes
TSX flat, New York in the red following release of latest Fed minutes
New Ford Explorer comes with front-facing camera
The 2016 Ford Explorer revealed at the L.A. Auto Show on Nov. 18, 2014.
Revolution is imminent in 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1"
In this image released by Lionsgate, Jennifer Lawrence portrays Katniss Everdeen in a scene from "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1." (AP Photo/Lionsgate, Murray Close)
TransCanada sees role in rail business regardless of Keystone XL fate
Target making progress in Canada, but results still ‘unacceptable’
An employee returns shopping carts from the parking lot back to the Target store at 45 Overlea Blvd in East York on Aug. 5 2014.
Target beats 3Q earnings and revenue expectations
Fashion-forward Adrien Brody sports Dolce&Gabbana and period beard for Pirelli calendar launch
Adrian Brody poses for the photographers as he arrives at the Gala Dinner on the occasion of the presentation of the Pirelli 2015 Calendar by Steven Meisel, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu)
Vote for the ugliest car ever built – Round 1
Popular Spanish folk singer Isabel Pantoja ordered to jail for money laundering
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2010 file photo, a police officer escorts Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja, center, as she arrives at the court in Marbella, southern Spain. A Spanish court has ordered popular Spanish folk singer Isabel Pantoja to jail after her appeals against a two-year conviction for money laundering were rejected, giving Pantoja, 58, three days to enter prison as of Wednesday. Pantoja was also fined euro1.2 million ($1.5 million) following the 2012 trial. Pantoja is a fixture in Spain's gossip magazines and TV shows. She was married to the famous bullfighter Francisco "Paquirri" Rivera, who died in the bullring in 1984. (AP Photo/Sergio Torres, File)
Paddington Bear creator says he's 'amazed' that film version said to contain 'sex references'
Tourists take photographs on their tablets and smart phone of a statue of 'Paddington Bear' on the platform at Paddington railway station in London, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The creator of Paddington Bear, children's books, Michael Bond, has said he is "amazed" that authorities found mild adult content in a film version of the famous British children's books. The British Board of Film Classification gave the "Paddington" movie a parental guidance rating, saying the film contained "dangerous behavior, mild threat, mild sex references and mild bad language." The bear's 88-year-old creator Michael Bond said he had not yet seen the film, but told the British Daily Mail newspaper that he couldn't imagine what the sex references were. The authority on Tuesday amended "mild sex references" to "innuendo" after the movie's distributor expressed unease. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Goalkeeper Milan Borjan helps Canada earn scoreless tie in Panama
Panamanian player Roman Torres and Canada's Toisant Ricketts vie for the ball
'Institute of Sexology' exhibit to open in London, features Freud, Hugh Hefner, sex experts
A member of staff from the Wellcome Collection poses for photographers in the Orgone Accumulator invented by Wilhelm Reich in 1940 at the Wellcome collection's Institute of Sexology 'Undress Your Mind' exhibition in London, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Reich theorised that deficits in so-called Orgone energy were at the root of many diseases, in the way that Sigmund Freud argued constrictions in the libido could produce neuroses. Intended as a medical device is was popularised as an enhancer of sexual energy and parodied as the Orgasmatron in Woody Allen's film Sleeper. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Canadian mom faces nearly $1-million medical bill after unexpected birth in U.S.
Reece Huculak is shown in this undated handout photo. A Saskatchewan mother says she is facing $950,000 in medical bills after giving birth unexpectedly in the United States. Jennifer Huculak was nearly six months pregnant when she went into labour while on vacation in Hawaii in October, 2013.
The CBC I know is the best kind of workplace
China blocks more websites as World Internet Conference begins
Misreading Canada's housing market: No ‘significant overbuilding'
Michael Babad
Metro profit jumps 45% on higher same-store sales
The Metro store at Lakeshore and Southdown Road store in Mississauga, Ont., on Aug. 9, 2014.
Before the Bell: Stocks mixed ahead of Fed minutes
McDonald’s Moscow restaurant reopens after 3-month shutdown
People eat in a McDonald's restaurant after it reopened following a hygiene probe in Moscow on Nov. 19, 2014. McDonald's reopened its flagship outlet in central Moscow after Russia clamped down on the fast-food chain for alleged hygiene violations following Western sanctions over Ukraine.
Justin Timberlake becomes co-owner of audience technology company AfterMaster Audio Labs
FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2013 file photo, Justin Timberlake accepts the award for favorite album - soul/R&B for "The 20/20 Experience" at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. AfterMaster, a subsidiary of Studio One Media Inc., announced Wednesday Nov. 19, 2014 that the Grammy-winning pop star will join the company, which focuses on enhancing and re-mastering audio quality. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)
Coming soon to a theatre in China: Delays, disappointments – but not 'Mockingjay'
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1- The penultimate movie in the franchise doesn’t come out until next month, but a new trailer is sure to stoke fan interest. When Katniss sees what those jerks at the Capitol did to District 12 she is going to be so angry. (youtube.com)
Higher meat prices help Metro sales growth to shine in fourth quarters
Roundup: Kobe Bryant leads struggling Lakers to rare win
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant makes a move against Atlanta Hawks guard Thabo Sefolosha
Canadians lukewarm when it comes to making mobile payments for purchases: study
Canadian startup Kik Interactive raises nearly $40-million in venture capital
Ted Livingston (pictured) and Chris Best founded Kik Interactive in 2009 and the service signed up a million users in 15 days.
Governments at UN conference pledge to do more to prevent malnutrition, including from obesity
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaks during the opening session of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) second International Conference on Nutrition, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. The conference, jointly organized by FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO), takes place at FAO headquarters in Rome from Nov. 19 to 21. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
Don’t buy it: Why smartwatches are overhyped
Lowe's raises forecast and tops Wall Street expectations in 3Q as housing market warms
Cliffs Natural considering closure of Quebec iron mine at cost of up to US$700M
British hotel charged couple $156 for posting harsh review on TripAdvisor
Ottawa to seek rapprochement with veteran groups today – but not all are invited
Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino speaks in the House of Commons on Nov. 18, 2014.
Loss to Penguins shows Habs still not an elite team
Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby skates a round Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban during second period NHL hockey action Tuesday, November 18, 2014 in Montreal.
Bono, Ben Affleck and other celebrities stay silent in PSA on Ebola response
FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2014 file photo, actor and Eastern Congo Initiative Founder Ben Affleck, center, puts down his opening remarks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Congo, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bono, Matt Damon, Affleck and Morgan Freeman are among the celebrities who are playing the waiting the game in a new online campaign calling for a unified response from the world's leaders to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. In a video posted Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, stars such as Will Ferrell, Thandie Newton and Connie Britton stare silently into a camera to illustrate that they're still waiting for the world's leaders to act on fighting Ebola, which has killed more than 5,000 people in the west African countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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