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At the open: TSX declines as BlackBerry, commodity prices fall
BlackBerry chief executive John Chen said his company brings additional security features to the table that Samsung needed to improve its slate of software.
Asian stock markets dogged by prospect of rise in US interest rates this year
FILE - In this Aug. 8. 2011 file photo, a Wall Street sign hangs near the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. The U.S. stock market is opening modestly higher Monday, March 9, 2015, following a sell-off Friday. (AP Photo/Jin Lee, File)
Quebecor lauds order for Bell to pay $137 million for failing to stop TV piracy
Ottawa too slow to fill long-vacant chair of Copyright Board, lobbyists say
Simon Doyle.
Poll: Antivaxxers
Measles cases haven’t swayed Canadian anti-vaxxers, survey finds
A measles virus is seen through an electron micrograph in a file photo.
Second Cup to launch loyalty program, push for more renovations this year
A cup of flat white coffee at a Second Cup Coffee outlet in Toronto on Thursday, December 4, 2014. After another tough quarter, Second Cup hopes coffee drinkers chasing their java fix will also get behind the company's new loyalty card this spring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Mall operator Simon Property Group launches $16 billion hostile bid for Macerich
FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2010 file photo, a woman and a young girl stand at a fountain at the Stanford Shopping Center, a Simon Property Group property, in Palo Alto, Calif. Simon Property Group on Monday, March 9, 2015 said it is launching a hostile bid worth about $16 billion for Macerich Co., after saying the rival mall operator refused to discuss a combination. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
Arctic alert: Russia is taking aim at the North
Derek Burney, left, and Fen Hampson
The Fukushima cleanup: Four years after the tsunami
Music Review: Country star Luke Bryan wraps up 'Spring Break' albums, offers mature sound
This CD cover image released by Capitol Nashville shows "Spring Break...Checkin' Out," by Luke Bryan. (AP Photo/Capitol Nashville)
US stock market rises modestly in early trading following Friday sell-off
Roundup: Warriors beat Clippers for their sixth straight home victory
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry dribbles the ball next to Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul
Monday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
The new Blackberry Passport smartphone.
Music Review: Madonna shines on 'Rebel Heart,' which beats with romance, rebellion
This CD cover image released by Interscope Records shows "Rebel Heart," the latest release by Madonna. (AP Photo/Interscope Records)
Man faces charges after alleged threat made at Cape Breton hockey arena
Paintball gun gets man arrested in high-risk takedown at Hamilton mall
Second Cup spills more red ink in transitional year
A Second Cup logo is shown in this undated handout photo.
P.E.I. coroner's inquest to begin in murder-suicide of mother and young son
Shut down for shoulder surgery, Robidas made impact with Leafs’ young defencemen
Signed to be a veteran leader,Stephane Robidas was quickly made an alternate captain and brought a fresh voice to a team that needed one
Tech startups bloom in Gulf as states try breaking from oil
With rising youth populations and declining oil prices, Gulf governments and other groups are funding entrepreneurship programs seeking to wean privileged citizens from a public sector that can’t offer them all jobs.
F1 champion not racing in opener, but little known about crash
McLaren's Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain waves to the media as he leaves the hospital where he was hospitalized in Sant Cugat after crashing during a test session February 25, 2015.
Superstars with superpowers (and sometimes super misbehaviour) on new sci-fi thriller 'Powers'
This image provided by Sony Pictures Television shows Sharlto Copley, left, and Susan Heyward in a scene from "Powers." The series' 10-episode first season is the latest blossoming of scripted TV fare from unexpected sources. Home base for "Powers" is the PlayStation network. This means starting Tuesday, March 10, 2015, the series will be free to PlayStation subscribers, and the first episode free to anyone, for streaming through the PlayStation Store web site (a PlayStation console is not required). Subsequent episodes will be available for purchase by non-subscribers. (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Television)
Bills re-sign defensive end Jerry Hughes to five-year, $45-million contract
Buffalo Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes is staying with the Bills after signing a five-year contract worth more than $45 million.
Miami Dolphins optimistic about signing free-agent Ndamukong Suh
Free agent defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh s
Loonie closes slightly higher despite slowing housing starts
A Canadian dollar.
Bills set to make LeSean McCoy highest-paid running back
Former Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy is set to become the highest paid running back in the NFL in Buffalo
Dustin Johnson returns from leave to win WGC-Cadillac Championship
Dustin Johnson
Wynne’s plan to combat sexual violence is bold and hopeful
Brenda Cossman
Alex Cejka wins Puerto Rico Open in five-man playoff
Alex Cejka of Germany celebrates winning the playoff during the final round of the Puerto Rico Open
Pimco sells Canadian government bonds, blames Poloz for confusion
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz takes part in a news conference upon the release of the Monetary Policy Report in Ottawa January 21, 2015.
Eurozone warns Greece to stop wasting time, flesh out reforms plan this week
A man walks past a shop with its shutter painted with a mural, in central Athens on Monday, March 9, 2015. Eurozone finance ministers will discuss about Greece at a Eurogroup meeting on Monday, as Athens had submitted seven reform proposals. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Canadian housing starts down in February: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
Inbee Park wins by two over Lydia Ko at HSBC Women’s Champions
Inbee Park of South Korea kisses the trophy
GM announces $5B stock buyback, avoids board seat battle with 4 dissident hedge funds
FILE - This Friday, May 16 2014, file photo, shows the General Motors logo at the company's world headquarters in Detroit. General Motors has headed off a potentially divisive proxy fight by agreeing Monday, March 9, 2015 to buy back $5 billion in stock by the end of 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Kanye West and Paul McCartney hit stellar star-studded Stella McCartney show in Paris
Actor Woody Harrelson poses for photographers prior to Stella McCartney's ready to wear fall-winter 2015-2016 fashion collection during Paris Fashion Week, Paris, France, Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Energy, mining stocks push Toronto stock market lower amid higher commodities
Ex-rap mogul 'Suge' Knight's lawyer: New video of deadly wreck helps defence in murder case
ILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, file photo, Marion "Suge" Knight, right, is joined by his attorney David Kenner, left, during his arraignment, in Compton, Calif. Knight is due to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday, March 9, 2015, for a hearing to discuss the handover of evidence from prosecutors in a murder case filed after the Death Row Records killed a man after running over him in Compton in late January. (AP Photo/Paul Buck, Pool, File)
By banning rape movie, India puts its image ahead of women’s safety
Ranjani Iyer Mohanty
Spring fever at MTV: network tries for a week of goofy records
Apple Watch unveiled: lots of features, functions, price tags. So... Do you want it?
McDonald's global sales drop in February, US declines 4 per cent
FILE - This Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, file photo, shows a McDonald's fast food restaurant sign in Chicago. McDonald’s said, Monday, March 9, 2015, that global sales declined in February, including a 4 percent drop in the U.S. that the company blamed on “aggressive competitive activity.” (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Author James Patterson launches grant program for school libraries
Cyprus conservation group says illegal bird trapping is at 'record levels,' urges action
Com Dev posts Q1 loss of $11.6 million due to currency hedging, other items
Alcoa to buy titanium supplier RTI International in $1.5B deal to broaden its aerospace push
This April 7, 2014 photo shows the Alcoa logo in the lobby of Alcoa's headquarters in Pittsburgh. Alcoa is taking another step to bolster its stake in the aerospace industry with a $1.5 billion deal to buy titanium supplier RTI International Metals, the company announced Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar)
Before the bell: Stock futures turn higher
Luke Kawa
Loblaw plans on opening 50 new grocery stores this year; renovate 100 others
Canada's largest supermarket chain has big plans for expansion this year, as it increases its footprint in the competitive grocery market. The Loblaws location on Carlton Street in Toronto is shown on Thursday May 2, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
GM avoids proxy fight with plan for $5-billion stock buyback
General Motors headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit are shown in this 2009 file photo.
Senators give up four-goal lead, hold on to win in shootout
Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson stops Calgary Flames' Josh Jooris
Carrick best reads: These cars hold their value best
The 2015 Subaru Outback is great on or off-road.
Lindholm’s first career hat trick rallies Hurricanes past Oilers
Carolina Hurricanes' Alexander Semin
Why so much money is shorting the Canadian dollar
Michael Babad
Gen Y money: Job hunting? You need to spend smart to look smart
Prepare before a job interview to be at your best.
Monday's small-cap stocks to watch
Small cap stock investors have reason to feel disappointed – perhaps even burned.
Loblaw to open 50 new grocery stores as part of $1.2-billion investment
People shop at the Loblaw grocery store at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on July 23, 2014.
US comedian Jay Leno returns to Israel to host awards ceremony honouring actor Michael Douglas
FILE - In this May 21, 2014 file photo, American comedian Jay Leno pauses during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem. Leno says he will return to Israel in June 2015 to host the award ceremony for the second annual "Genesis Prize." The $1 million prize is being awarded to actor Michael Douglas in recognition of his support for Jewish causes. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
Putin describes secret meeting when Russia decided to take Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a meeting with members of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia in Sochi Feb. 7.
Top links: Canadian investors hugely under-diversified
Disputing credit report errors easier, medical debt to weigh less in credit-reporting changes
FILE - In this March 5, 2012, file photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass. The three largest credit reporting agencies will change the way they handle records in a major revamp long sought by consumer advocates. The changes were announced Monday, March 9, 2015, after talks between Equifax, Experian, TransUnion and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
ECB kicks off €1.1-trillion bond-buying program
The new European Central Bank headquarters are pictured in Frankfurt on Jan. 21, 2015.
St. Catharines man,38 charged with sexually assaulting women at grocery store
A poisoner is at large; Irish setter dies after eating tainted meat at UK's top dog show
Dee Milligan-Bott, left, co owner of Irish Setter Jagger with her husband Jeremy Bott speaking to the press outside her home in Kilby, England, Monday, March 9, 2015. The co-owners of an Irish setter feared poisoned at Britain's leading dog show are devastated by his death — but they don't believe that one of the other competitors is responsible. Three-year-old Thendara Satisfaction, known as Jagger, died Friday, shortly after returning to Belgium following an appearance at the world-famous Crufts dog show in the central English city of Birmingham last week. A veterinarian performed a post-mortem examination and found pieces of meat laced with poison in his stomach. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
Mirtle: Price emerges as favourite for Hart Trophy
Goaltender Carey has literally lifting Montreal out of mediocrity with one of the better goaltending performances in recent decades.
Newfoundland education group wants mental health and addiction help in schools
Supreme Court ruling against Obamacare could make smoother path to White House for GOP
President Barack Obama says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn't offer any "viable alternatives" to the nuclear negotiations with Iran during his speech to Congress. (March 3)
Indoor parks for pooches give dogs and owners space to socialize - and stay warm
Petra Kodeda, left, who brought her pugs Ruby and Milo, and Meagan Rutter, staff coordinator at the Purina PawsWay, watch a group of dogs play at the facility's indoor dog park in Toronto, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Galit Rodan
Scientist turned entrepreneur shares his three secrets to success
Edward Quilty is the founder of Aquatic Informatics Inc. – a Vancouver-based company that makes the Aquarius brand software to manage and analyze water data
The nine infernal circles of Automotive Hell
Peter Cheney
A driverless police motorcycle that can issue tickets and record the encounter
Interceptor
Monitors produce data but not necessarily motivation
Monitors that look like watches or bracelets have become a ubiquitous part of the fitness wardrobe. But one 2014 study suggests we tire easily of the gadgets – a third of them were discarded within six months.
Thalidomide victims to discuss aid with health officials in Ottawa
Thalidomide survivor Mercedes Benegbi speaks to the media December 1, 2014 after the vote on NDP motion which calls for compensation for thalidomide survivors pass on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
BMO signs NBA sponsorship deal
Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (23) drives to the basket as Toronto Raptors' Jonas Valanciunas defends during second half NBA basketball action in Toronto on Wednesday, March 4, 2015.
No matter what the question is, Tories have an answer: terrorists
Campbell Clark
‘I’m the guy who sold Tim Hortons’: Marc Caira’s tough legacy
Tim Horton's CEO, Marc Caira in the former corporate Tim Horton’s office in Oakville, Ontario on Sept. 16, 2013.
Chatty and colourful: Stephen Poloz’s communication problem
David Parkinson
Activists say U.S.-led coalition airstrikes hit Syrian oil refinery held by Islamic State group
Born in the recession, raised on record earnings, the bull market for stocks turns 6 years old
FILE -In this file photo of March 9, 2009, Nicholas Brigandi, center, of NYSE Euronext, helps direct trading in shares of Merck & Co. on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index has more than tripled since bottoming out at 676.53 on March 9, 2009. Since that low point, stocks have notched a series of gains without a drop of 20 percent of more. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)
The bull market for stocks turns six; the numbers behind the rise
Release of alleged B.C. sex assault victim description raises concerns
Four Filipinos among 9 foreigners abducted from Libya oil field
South Korean president visits injured U.S. envoy and reflects on her past attack by box cutter
This handout photograph taken and released on March 9, 2015, shows South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye (L) meeting with US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert in his hospital room at the Yonsei Severance Hospital in Seoul.
Women get top spots in Israeli political parties, putting themselves in line for key positions
Orly Levi-Abekasis, a daughter of a former foreign minister Levi-Abekasis, was appointed to the No. 2 spot in Avigdor Liebermans hard-line Yisrael Beitenu party.
Apple Watch unveiled: lots of features, functions, price tags. So... Do you want it?
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2014 file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook, holding an iPhone 6 Plus and wearing an Apple Watch, discusses the new products during an event in Cupertino, Calif. Cook has hinted the Apple Watch will be as game-changing as Apple’s revolutionary iPhones and iPads, which have become indispensable accessories for millions around the globe. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
U.S., 15 other nations sponsor ‘very graphic and disturbing’ photo exhibit on Syria at UN
In this Oct. 15, 2014, file photo, US Holocaust Memorial Museum visitor Marianne Kast, from Fresno, Calif., watches a slide show presentation of images of emaciated and mangled bodies from recent history in Syria in an exhibit entitled "Genocide: The Threat Continues," at the museum in Washington. Almost helpless in the U.N. Security Council to take strong action on Syria, the United States and other states are hoping to shame its government by sponsoring a graphic photo exhibit of detainees who've died in President Bashar Assad's prisons since the countrys conflict began.
Five feminist activists still detained in China after Women’s Day crackdown, group says
For some Canadians, a prison of ice and snow
Elizabeth Renzetti
Eastern Ukraine’s escalating human toll
Stephen Cornish
Judges should be overseeing solitary confinement
The segregation range at the Joyceville Institution in Kingston.
March 9: It’s all about fear – and other letters to the editor
Stephen Harper looks on before he announces that the government will introduce legislation to give some killers life without parole.
Five killed in stabbing spree in small town in Japan
First round-the-world solar flight takes off from Abu Dhabi
The Solar Impulse 2 takes off at Al Bateen airport in Abu Dhabi, at the start of an attempt to fly around the world in the solar-powered plane March 9, 2015.
Asian stocks fall after strong US jobs data sparks concern Fed might move up rate rise
Specialist Michael Pistillo watches his screens at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, March 6, 2015. U.S. stocks and bonds fell sharply as a strong jobs report led investors to anticipate higher U.S. interest rates. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Global airline group says more deaths in 2014 even though number of accidents at low
Survey: Business economists support rate hike this year, but say uncertainty not hurting
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