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Who is Wanda, buyer of US film studio behind hits such as 'Batman,' 'Inception'?
Lionel Messi back at the top of Associated Press Global Football 10, Barcelona also No. 1
Argentina's Lionel Messi delivers a speech after winning the FIFA Men's soccer player of the year 2015 prize during the FIFA Ballon d'Or awarding ceremony at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, January 11, 2016. (Valeriano Di Domenico/KEYSTONE via AP))
'American Housewife' by Helen Ellis depicts captivatingly twisted lives and schemes of women at home
Authorities search for 17 abducted en route to wedding in southern Mexico
Minor injuries reported in crash involving school bus in Guelph, Ont.
Top Links: Domestic economy in trouble? ‘The short answer is yes’
People walk down Bay Street in Toronto's Financial District in January of 2015.
Military's overseas efforts for Syrian refugee program winding down
International Criminal Court holds 1st public hearing in new headquarters, in Kenya case
Exterior view of the new headquarters of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. The International Court is holding the first public hearing in its new headquarters, with prosecutors arguing that judges should not throw out the crimes against humanity case against Kenya's deputy president for lack of evidence. The courtroom may be new, but the problems facing the world's first permanent international criminal tribunal remain unchanged, tight budgets, unreliable witnesses and uncooperative governments. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)
All signs suggest a 67-cent loonie is looming
As the term 'petroloonie' suggests, most investors are aware that the value of the Canadian dollar follows the price of oil.
Kirby Smart plucks Mel Tucker from Alabama staff as Georgia's defensive co-ordinator
Oil briefly dips below US$30, Canada's dollar bobs above and below 70 cents U.S.
Canadian dollars are pictured in Vancouver, Sept. 22, 2011. Canada's dollar dipped below 70 cents U.S. on Tuesday for the first time in nearly 13 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Police say US man fatally shoots 14-year-old son after mistaking him for intruder
FILE - In this file photo taken Sept. 9, 2015, Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac listens during a City Council meeting in Cincinnati. After a man who thought he was confronting an intruder in his home on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, fatally shot his 14-year-old son, who he thought was on his way to school, Isaac told reporters that "These types of tragedies are so horrific, they're even unimaginable." (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Federally-run homeless count facing gaps as cities opt out
A homeless woman sleeps at a tent city at Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, October 15, 2014.
Questions and answers about the State of the Union address, Obama's last such annual speech
John Ridley's tough 'American Crime': 'Not the show you think you want, but the show you need'
IAAF taskforce leader: Russia making efforts to reform after doping scandal
FILE - This is a Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015 file photo of Norwegian anti-doping expert Rune Andersen, right, as he speaks with Warwick Gendall of New Zealand before a meeting of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Rune Andersen the head of the IAAF taskforce set up to determine whether Russia's ban from global track and field should be lifted says the country is making efforts to reform after its doping scandal. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
Oscar Pistorius' lawyer said they believe appeal court ignored his vulnerability murder conviction
Preliminary hinges on disclosure for man charged with murder of off-duty officer
Carson: Muslim group attending Obama speech 'not pro-American;' wants investigation
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson holds a town hall at Abundant Life Ministries in Jefferson, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Tuesday's analyst upgrades and downgrades
An Air Canada plane is pictured at Toronto Pearson International Airport in this file photo.
Enerplus to sell some Alberta natural gas assets for $193-million
Enerplus says it is selling some of its natural gas properties in Alberta.
Foreign minister: UK helping identify targets for Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen
Enerplus to sell some of its Alberta natural gas property for $198 million
Group adds to land protected on isthmus connecting Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
A few cheap and easy fixes can help keep homes warm all winter while saving energy and money
This image provided by the US Environmental Protection Agency shows a person ruling their attic. As winter wears on, a few cheap and easy fixes can help keep homes warm while saving energy and money. The average household spends about $2,000 a year on utilities, almost half of which goes toward heating and cooling, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. (US Environmental Protection Agency via AP)
Manitoba helicopter pilot dies after falling into crevasse in Antarctica
Canadian helicopter pilot David Wood is shown in a handout photo. Wood, who plunged into a crevasse while working on a remote ice shelf in Antarctica, died of his injuries Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Australian Government
Price of fresh produce to soar while loonie plunges
Lettuce is on display at the Jean Talon Market January 11, 2016, in Montreal.
Right at Home column: What makes a great bathroom, perfect for prepping and primping
In this photo provided by Duravit, this free standing tub, part of Philippe Starck’s Cape Cod collection for Duravit, is made of a newly-developed material that has a soft feel that’s warm to the touch. (Duravit via AP)
Maurice Hines talks about 'Maurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life,' the show about his life
This 2015 photo provided by Keith Sherman and Associates shows Maurice Hines performing in "Maurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life" in New York. Through song, tap numbers and monologues, “Maurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life” at New World Stages is packed with memories. (Carol Rosegg/Keith Sherman and Associates via AP)
Autopsy: American woman whose body was found in Florence, Italy, was strangled, maybe with rope
A forensic police officer, center, takes pictures outside the apartment where an American woman was found slain, in Florence, Italy, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. The body of 35-year-old Ashley Olsen, her neck bruised and scratched, was found Saturday and police opened a murder investigation. (Maurizio Degl'Innocenti/ANSA via AP)
From field to fork, steps to make food from your garden safe to eat
This May 25, 2013 photo shows French breakfast radishes at the Bayview Farmer’s Market in Langley, Wash., that are typical of many edibles that are eaten raw. They need to be washed before serving to remove dirt and bacteria as well as any residual pesticides. (Dean Fosdick via AP)
Senior Afghan official warns Taliban against staying out of the peace process with Kabul
In this photo released by Associated Press of Pakistan, delegates from Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and United States attend a meeting hoping to lay the roadmap for peace talks with the Taliban, at the foreign ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. The meeting comes as battlefield losses in Afghanistan are mounting and entire swaths of the country that cost hundreds of U.S.-led coalition and Afghan military lives to secure slip back into Taliban hands. Taliban representatives have not been invited to the talks. (Associated Press of Pakistan via AP)
Actor Sean Penn dismisses criticism of his supposedly secret interview with drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman
In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is made to face the press as he's escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by soldiers and marines at a federal hangar in Mexico City. Guzman's second prison escape in 2015 from a top security prison though a tunnel had embarrassed President Enrique Pena Nieto and made his capture a national priority. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Met Opera presents Bizet's 'Pearl Fishers' in HD after a century of neglect
This Dec. 28, 2015 photo released by the Metropolitan Opera shows a performance of Georges Bizet's opera "Les Pecheurs de Perles" (The Pearl Fishers). The Met's HD broadcast will be shown in participating theaters starting at 1pm EST on Saturday. (Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera via AP)
How Canada can avoid Germany’s refugee troubles
Border Services Officer Boakye-Cotie processes a Syrian refugee family at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Dec. 11.
2-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome extends deal with Team Sky until the end of 2018
Liverpool eases injury problems in defence with loan signing, Jonjo Shelvey joins Newcastle
Romanian prosecutors probe 'publishing in prison' law
Two teens to stand trial in death of 16-year-old girl
US couple struggles to sell house used in 'The Silence of the Lambs' as killer's home
The doorway and stairs to the basement of the house used as the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 film "The Silence of the Lambs" is seen on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 in Perryopolis, Pa. Scott and Barbara Lloyd listed the house last summer, but they've dropped the asking price from $300,000 to $250,000. The three-story Victorian was the second-most clicked home on Realtor.com last year, but no serious buyers. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Steep courier fees put immigration program’s fairness in doubt
This year, line-ups at the immigration processing centre in Mississauga, Ont., began hours before the program opened to new applications on Jan. 4. Some couriers showed up with bags of what appeared to be hundreds of applications, according to photographs obtained by The Canadian Press.
A mixed state of the union in 2016: Middling economic growth, strong year for jobs, gun makers
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama waves before giving his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Obama will deliver his final State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, to a nation with a burgeoning job market, flat wages and two things that to the president's dismay are rising: global temperatures and Americans' concerns about terrorism. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Bowie’s Blackstar incandesces with appetite, melancholy and an unstable courage
The new album of British singer David Bowie, entitled Blackstar, is displayed during the exhibition David Bowie is, at the museum shop of the Groninger Museum in Groningen, The Netherlands, on January 7, 2016.
Transat A.T. puts tour units in France, Greece on the block
File photo of an Air Transat, Airbus A-330.
Upstart PR firm with deep Clinton ties sets up shop in Canada
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Obama says Trump conducts White House campaign with 'simplistic solutions and scapegoating'
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop in Windham, N.H. President Barack Obama says Donald Trump is waging a White House campaign based on "simplistic solutions and scapegoating." In an interview broadcast Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, on NBC's "Today" show, Obama said Trump "is putting out a message that has had adherents through history." (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
The shining: London commuters told trains delayed by sunlight
Before the Bell: Stocks set to rise in highly erratic markets
Jennifer Dowty
Iran's state TV says that an Iranian US-made Phantom fighter jet has crashed close to the Pakistan border, killing 2 pilots
Martin Short to get lifetime achievement award at Canadian Screen Awards
Martin Short to receive lifetime achievement honour at Canadian Screen Awards
Martin Short
Canucks end Panthers’ win streak on overtime goal by Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin celebrates brother Daniel’s game-winning goal against the Florida Panthers Jan. 11, 2015.
AP News Guide: A look at the record $1.5 billion Powerball drawing, largest in the world
A woman purchases Powerball lottery tickets in New York, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has grown to more than a billion dollars. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Award-winning poet Brenda Hillman named chancellor of Academy of American Poets
The Israeli military carried out a rare airstrike in Gaza on Wednesday, targeting a group of Palestinian militants placing explo
Tuesday's small-cap stocks to watch
At Aecon’s plant in Pictou, Nova Scotia, workers assemble one of the massive turbines that will be installed at Cape Sharp.
Obama may again need an executive order to close notorious prison
Demonstrators take part in a protest Protesters call for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison on Monday January 11, 2016 in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. US President Barack Obama is expected to present his plan on closing the facility during his final State of the Union address. AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
Classified documents prompt legal wrangling in Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl case
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, arrives for a pretrial hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C., with his defense counsel Lt. Col. Franklin D. Rosenblatt, left, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. Bergdahl, who was held by the Taliban for five years after he walked off a base in Afghanistan, faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (AP Photo/Ted Richardson)
Couture ends scoring drought in Sharks’ 5-4 victory over Flames
Calgary Flames left wing Micheal Ferland and San Jose Sharks defenceman Paul Martin and defenseman Justin Braun battle for the puck in front of San Jose Sharks goalie Martin Jones during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome on Jan. 12, 2015.
Oil company BP cutting 4,000 jobs by end of 2017 amid sharp drops in the price of crude
Soldiers return from refugee mission: 'We were helping to change lives'
Czech police break drug ring allegedly producing crystal meth for Germany, other countries
British police say they are "deeply concerned" about number of girls and women travelling to Syria
Pennsylvania couple struggles to sell house used in 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Scott Lloyd stands on the front porch of his home which is the house used as the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 film "The Silence of the Lambs" on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 in Perryopolis, Pa. Scott and Barbara Lloyd listed the house for sale last summer, but they've dropped the asking price from $300,000 to $250,000. The three-story Victorian was the second-most clicked home on Realtor.com last year, but no serious buyers. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
FIFA ethics prosecutors to appeal to increase 8-year bans for Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini
The UN children's agency says more than half of South Sudanese children are not in school, the highest number in the world
FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013 file photo, a displaced child holds the tyre he was using as a toy as he navigates across a muddy patch of ground to go fill an empty bottle with water from a truck, at a United Nations compound which has become home to thousands of people displaced by the recent fighting, in the capital Juba, South Sudan. The U.N. children's agency said in a statement Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 that more than half of children are not in school in South Sudan, which has seen violence for two years as government forces battle rebels, the highest proportion of children out of class in any country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Filthy, dressed in rags and living in an old van, Maggie Smith's a long way from 'Downton'
British actress Dame Maggie Smith in London, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. Smith has shed her “Downton Abbey”-era corsets and hats to play an eccentric elderly vagrant in the film "The Lady in the Van", in which Smith plays Miss Shepherd, a real-life homeless woman who parked in the driveway of writer Alan Bennett's London house, and stayed for 15 years. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
New Brunswick man faces accessory to murder charge in house fire death
Swedish prosecutors launch criminal investigation related to emissions scandal at Volkswagen
A 2016 Volkswagen Beetle is displayed at the North American International Auto Show, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Cleanup continues after refinery oil spill into Newfoundland's Placentia Bay
Jan. 12: Rebel ’n’ roll. And other letters to the editor
Nov. 1, 1974: David Bowie performs at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
After Motherisk report, Sick Kids needs some serious self-reflection
André Picard
Carrick best reads: Six tips for investors when stocks plunge
Germany’s brutal immigrant awakening
Margaret Wente
What if Trump wins and Clinton loses in Iowa?
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump takes questions at a town hall event in Windham, N.H., Jan. 11, 2016.
Lack of a leadership rival boosts Mulcair’s odds of survival
Lawrence Martin
From their words, it's hard to tell a Liberal finance minister from a Conservative one
Suicide bomb kills 10 in Istanbul tourist district; Turkey blames IS
Police secure the area after an explosion in central Istanbul, Turkey January 12, 2016.
Eldorado halts work at Greek mine, citing ‘openly confrontational’ government attitude
A Canadian quest to mine for gold in the lush forests of northern Greece is testing the government's resolve to prove Europe's most ravaged economy is open again for business. The Skouries mine, on Halkidiki peninsula, owned by Eldorado Gold, is among the biggest investments in Greece since it sank into a debt crisis four years ago.
Bahrain and Oman are reducing subsidies on gasoline, becoming the latest Gulf Arab countries to try to cut back on spending and
China's auto sales rose 18.3 per cent in December on explosive demand for SUVs
Welcome to the epic national championship club Alabama and Clemson
Alabama's Eddie Jackson (4) intercepts a pass in front of Clemson's Ray-Ray McCloud during the first half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Immigrant raids divide Obama from Democrats and Clinton
FILE - In this June 18, 2013, file photo, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. A spike in families and kids arriving at the Southern border from Central America has prompted fears of another border crisis like the one that dominated national news during the summer of 2014. "Having people afraid to open their doors to strangers, not going to work, etc., is not a healthy development," said Lofgren.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Officials say more than 80 whales wash ashore on India's southern coast
Indian wildlife officials measure one among the dozens of whales that have washed ashore on the Bay of Bengal coast's Manapad beach in Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu state, India,Tuesday, Jan.12, 2016. The top government official in the southeastern port town of Tuticorin said the short-finned pilot whales began washing up on beaches Monday evening. (AP Photo/Senthil Arumugam)
CAS upholds WADA appeal, suspends 34 Australian rules players in supplement scandal
Canadian mining company suspends work at Greek site, stock sinks near 52-week low
FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015 file photo a bulldozer works at the site of a gold mine in Skouries village, northern Greece. Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold said on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 it is suspending work at the site and laying off 600 workers following protests by local residents and a spat with the country's left wing government. (Grigoris Siamidis/InTime News via AP, File) GREECE OUT
Mammogram guidelines from various health groups differ
Pro-independence politician Carles Puigdemont named new regional president of Catalonia
Incoming Catalan President Carles Puigdemont speaks during the investiture session at the Catalonian parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016. Catalonia's pro-independence parties have agreed to appoint a new leader to enable the creation of a regional coalition government and reinvigorate a push for independence from Spain by 2017. Carles Puigdemont was selected Saturday to replace Artur Mas as the "Together for Yes" alliance's candidate for regional government leader. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
When during retirement is the best time to buy an annuity?
Most people convert to a registered retirement income fund (RRIF) as opposed to buying an annuity.
More angst than mystery in the loonie’s decline
Christopher Ragan
Government debt weighs on every man, woman and child
Ontario's Minister of Finance Charles Sousa addresses the media. The Province of Ontario expects to spend $11.3-billion on interest payments – more than the entire $11.1-billion budget for the Ministry of Community and Social Services.
Want to retire at 55? Here's how one woman pulled it off
Have the Bay Street blues? Remember that this, too, shall pass
A Bay Street sign, a symbol of Canada's economic markets and where main financial institutions are located, is seen in Toronto, May 1, 2013.
What is the actual speed limit on a highway ramp?
As Saudi Arabia recovers from crude’s crash, is Aramco really for sale?
Advisor to Pakistani Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud. The Saudi minister has hinted recently that state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco could be listed on stock markets.
Human Rights Watch says Lebanese residency laws are putting Syrian refugees in danger
In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 photo, Syrian refugees sit in a Doctors Without Borders clinic at the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. In a report published Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, the New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch said Lebanese residency laws are putting Syrian refugees in danger. The regulations, adopted a year ago, have forced refugees to either return to Syria, where they are at risk of persecution, torture or death, or to stay in Lebanon illegally, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
Thousands of UK doctors walk off the job in pay dispute
The British National Heath Service Singers, who are either doctors or nurses, perform a protest song in support of junior doctors outside Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, as a 24 hour junior doctor strike starts in London, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. Thousands of junior doctors have walked off the job in England in a dispute over pay and working conditions - the first such strike in 40 years. Some 50,000 junior doctors - who represent a third of the medical workforce - are on strike for 24 hours amid government plans to change pay and work schedules. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Iran official denying report that core of nearly finished heavy-water reactor dismantled, filled with concrete
FILE -- This Oct. 27, 2004 file photo, shows the interior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, 360 kms southwest of Tehran, Iran. In remarks to state TV Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, Ali Asghar Zarean, Iran's deputy nuclear chief, denied a report that technicians have dismantled the core of the country's nearly finished heavy water reactor and filled it with concrete as part of Tehran's obligations under the nuclear deal with the West. The official says Iran will first sign an agreement with China to modify the Arak reactor, a deal that is expected next week. (AP Photo/Fars News Agancy, File)
Japan's ex-foreign minister passes message to Putin; contents not disclosed
Airbus wins hundreds more plane orders than rival Boeing, but future for both clouded by China
Airbus SA CEO Fabrice Bregier, center right, flanked with Airbus' chief operating officer for customers John Leahy, left, delivers his speech during the annual press conference in Paris, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. Airbus won hundreds more plane orders last year than rival Boeing, but the American planemaker handed over more aircraft to customers. Airbus SA said Tuesday that it exceeded its targets in 2015, taking in 1,036 net orders and delivering 635 jets to airlines and other buyers. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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