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Canadian pension funds strike $545-million deal to co-own N.Z. property portfolio
Nova Scotia's annual Christmas tree gift ends up on prominent paper's front page
A transport truck heads from downtown Halifax with a Christmas tree bound for Boston on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. An award-winning newspaper in the US has shone a spotlight on the hefty pricetag of Nova Scotia's annual Christmas tree gift to Boston. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alison Auld
Finding art and history among the malls of Montreal's underground city
The atrium of the International Trade Center, which is one of many locations connected to the underground city network, is seen Friday, December 9, 2016 in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Review: Fisher's 'The Princess Diarist' doesn't dish enough
This cover image released by Blue Rider Press shows "The Princess Diarist," by Carrie Fisher. (Blue Rider Press via AP)
Racist caricature seen on Connecticut holiday festival ride
Lowe's Canada to convert 40 Rona big-box stores starting in early 2017
N.S. jet crash lawsuit: Transport Canada challenging class action certification
Air Canada flight 624 rests off the runway after landing at Stanfield International Airport in Halifax on Sunday, March. 29, 2015. The certification of a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of passengers aboard an Air Canada jet that crashed at the Halifax airport in 2015 was challenged in court Monday by federal lawyers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Cherokee Nation attorney general: Tribe must OK gay marriage
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005 file photo, Todd Hembree, the Cherokee Nation's attorney general, talks to the media outside the Cherokee Tribal courthouse in Tahlequah, Okla., Hembree said in an opinion handed down Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, that the tribal statutes that prohibit gay marriage are unconstitutional and that the Oklahoma-based tribe can't refuse to issue a marriage license or recognize a marriage based on the couple's gender. (AP Photo, File)
Hachette announces departures of 2 executives
The Latest: Suspect dies, 2 officers wounded in shooting
Georgia Bureau of Investigation responds to a shooting involving multiple officers while serving a search warrant at a home in Crawford County, Ga., Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Authorities said the suspect in the shooting at the home has died. (Woody Marshall/The Macon Telegraph via AP)
Trump invites trouble if he keeps businesses: ethics experts
FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, accompanied by, from left, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Trump, Melania Trump, Tiffany Trump and Ivanka Trump, speaks during the grand opening of the Trump International Hotel- Old Post Office, in Washington. Donald Trump’s plan to hand control of his business to his children but hold onto ownership is drawing fire from government ethics experts. They say he should sell everything. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)
John Legend gets the 'Green Light' for NBA All-Star gig
FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2016 file photo, John Legend arrives at the "La La Land" premiere on day 5 of the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. Legend is making a return to NBA All-Star weekend as the game’s halftime performer. The announcement was made on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. The Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer-songwriter performed the national anthem at the annual showcase in Houston in 2013 and was a halftime performer in 2009 in Phoenix. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
NHL Takeaways: Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid in tight battle
Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid (97) and Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) compete for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Crosby and McDavid are duking it out for NHL supremacy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Gene J. Puskar
NFL star's killer guilty of manslaughter, not murder
John Fuller, attorney for Cardell Hayes, leaves Orleans Parish Criminal District Court after the verdict Hayes' trial in New Orleans, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016. Hayes was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of former New Orleans Saints NFL football player Will Smith, in a road rage incident. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Murder charge laid after man dies in home on Saskatchewan First Nation
Ottawa agrees to increase funding for road to isolated Shoal Lake 40 First Nation
A boy from the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation sits on a bridge over a channel on on Thursday, June 25, 2015. The federal government has agreed to spend up to an additional $10 million for the construction of a road for the reserve.
Thousands of unpaid Rio state workers protest in Brazil
Police officers stand with flowers given to them by demonstrators during a protest against austerity measures outside the state legislature, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Police, firefighters and school teachers are among the workers for Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state protesting against government austerity measures being considered by lawmakers. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
US adds 2 more Congolese officials to sanctions list
Immigrant rights convention shifts focus after Trump win
Carlos Sada, Mexico's ambassador to the United States, speaks during a session of the National Immigration Integration Conference Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. The national meeting of immigration advocates scheduled in Nashville was meant to be a celebration of gains made in recent years, especially in the South. Now it may turn into a strategy session for defending advances against a Trump presidency. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Larry Berman: Don’t be fooled by Italy’s post-referendum ETF rally
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi looks on during a media conference after a referendum on constitutional reform at Chigi palace in Rome, Italy, December 5, 2016.
Kosovo citizen charged with joining terror group in Syria
Clinton campaign presses for intelligence on Russian hacking
Company pension plans a clear winner in Trump victory
Company pension plans are among the clear winner following Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory. Funded status of plans has risen 5 per centage points since November.
How Benj Gallander’s ‘system’ helps him beat the TSX
Benj Gallander, co-founder and president of the Contra the Heard investment service and newsletter, says he's happy to buy stocks regardless of whether they are followed by analysts.
Gambia coalition calls for leader to step down immediately
U.S. Supreme Court leaves $1B NFL concussion settlement in place
FILE - In this April 9, 2013, file photo, former NFL player Kevin Turner, left, speaks beside former player Dorsey Levens during a news conference in Philadelphia. The Supreme Court on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, rejected the final two challenges to the estimated $1 billion settlement between the NFL and thousands of its former players who have been diagnosed with brain injuries linked to repeated concussions. Players who already have been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s or dementia could begin receiving payments in 90 to 120 days. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Dissecting the excuses used by one-third of Ontario drivers who don't use winter tires
Winter tires are best when you’re driving through snow, or in temperatures below 7 degrees Celsius.
Toronto FC picks up contract options on 13 players, including Irwin and Moor
Toronto FC goalkeeper Clint Irwin (1) reacts after making a save against the Seattle Sounders during penalty kicks MLS Cup final action in Toronto on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016. Toronto FC has exercised the contract options on 13 players, including goalkeeper Irwin and defender Drew Moor. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Titans of new industry spring $1 billion clean energy fund
FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2016, file photo, Jack Ma, founder and chairman of Alibaba, delivers a speech titled "A Conversation on Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Globalization" at the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand. Announced on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, an international group of institutions and wealthy executives, including Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Ma, are committing $1 billion to an investment fund that will support emerging energy technologies with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
Conservatives win Macedonian election, need partner to rule
Supporters of the opposition SDSM celebrate claiming victory on a general election in Skopje, Macedonia, late Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016. Macedonians voted Sunday in a general election called two years early as part of a Western-brokered agreement to end a paralyzing political crisis, and the governing conservatives held a slim lead in early returns. Supporters of both parties were in the streets claiming victory. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
Correction: Boy Dies-Santa story
Music and context cohere in National Ballet's The Nutcracker
Alexandra MacDonald, Andreas Kaas and Flix Paquet are seen in The Nutcracker.
US marshals serving warrant kill attempted murder suspect
Police: Woman dies days after hammer attack
S&P/TSX capped energy index
With Fed expected to hike, attention turns to what it says
Republicans and Democrats back probe into Russian interference in Trump’s election
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to the media after a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the U.S. Capitol November 10, 2016 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day president-elect Trump met with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House.
Parents, clinicians have limited options to alleviate pain of needles for babies
Dr. Christine Chambers, a clynical psychologist with The Centre for Pediatric Pain Research in Halifax, says that pain fron needles can cause trauma that shapes a child’s perception of health care in the future.
Bosnia preparing for return of Islamic State fighters
Output deal fuels optimism for oil prices, energy stocks
Pumpjacks pump crude oil near Halkirk, Alta., June 20, 2007. Oil prices in Alberta, where two-thirds of Canada’s gas is produced, fell to around 50 cents per thousand cubic feet, the lowest on record, in mid May.
Idaho police say missing brothers found dead after car crash
Freedom Road on the way? Ottawa to kick in more cash for road to cut-off reserve
Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation Chief Erwin Redsky and Manitoba Indigenous Affairs Minister Eileen Clarke speak to reporters at Winnipeg city hall Monday about an agreement to build a road to Shoal Lake 40, an isolated reserve near the Manitoba-Ontario boundary on Monday Dec. 12, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Steve Lambert
4 years after Newtown, gun control advocates tailor efforts
Atlanta zoo has ceremony to reveal names of twin panda cubs
This Dec. 9, 2016 photo provided by Zoo Atlanta, shows giant panda twins Ya Lun, right, and Xi Lun in Atlanta. The names were revealed at a naming celebration Monday, Dec. 12, their 100th day of life, in accordance with Chinese tradition. The zoo says Ya means elegant and Xi means happy. Lun is a reference to the cubs' mother, Lun Lun. (Adam K. Thompson/Zoo Atlanta via AP)
With Fed expected to hike, attention turns to what it says
FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Joint Economic Committee. A full year after the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade, it is widely expected that they are finally ready to raise rates again at their final meeting of 2016. But the real anticipation revolves around how the central bank plans to respond to the political tsunami that voters have delivered with the election of Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
'Black Mirror,' 'This Is Us,' 'Westworld' among year's best
This image released by Netflix shows, from left, Dean Strang, Jerry Buting and defendant Steven Avery in a scene from, "Making a Murderer." (Netflix via AP)
The Latest: FBI connects manifesto to suspect's computer
Police detective Karen Pirie returns in 'Out of Bounds'
This book cover image released by Grove Atlantic shows "Out of Bounds," a novel by Val McDermid. (Grove Atlantic via AP)
Body shamed, threatened and bullied: Finance minister exposes online abuse
Newfoundland and Labrador Finance Minister Cathy Bennett presents the 2016 provincial budget at the legislature in St.John's, Thursday, April 14, 2016. Bennett says she has been repeatedly attacked online with death threats, body shaming and bullying ??? and it must stop. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Cyclone his southern India, killing 2, forcing evacuations
Ex-Illinois US Rep. Schock pleads not guilty to funds misuse
FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2015, file photo, former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill. speaks to reporters in Peoria, Ill. A federal judge in Illinois has refused to move Schock's corruption case from Springfield to Peoria at the former congressman's request. Schock is accused of using government and campaign money to subsidize a lavish lifestyle, as well as pocketing thousands of constituents' dollars. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
IMF chief Lagarde goes on trial over French payout case
Trump attacks Lockheed’s F-35 fighter in blow to U.S. defence stocks
An F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter takes off on a training sortie at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. March 6, 2012.
We now return to regular (debt) programming: Greece
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attends a parliamentary session before a budget vote in Athens, Greece, Dec. 10, 2016.
CNRL stock
Lockheed Martin
Smithsonian to display Trump portrait ahead of inauguration
UK to ban extreme right wing group
CNRL selling minority stake in Cold Lake pipeline for $527.5-million
A Canadian Natural Resources pump jack pumps oil out of the ground near Dorothy, Alta.
Renaissance Montreal Downtown is a surprisingly chic hotel
Suite at Renaissance Montreal, major reno to downtown hotel.
Supreme Court rejects death row appeals
FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2016, file photo, people stand on the steps of the Supreme Court at sunset in Washington. Seven years before Thomas Sims defended Sammie Stokes in a South Carolina death-penalty trial, he had prosecuted Stokes for assaulting his ex-wife. The trial record shows Sims never told the judge in the murder case about that earlier prosecution, not even when the ex-wife took the stand against his client to recount the assault. Stokes’ case is one of two the Supreme Court is weighing in which death-row inmates are raising questions about the actions of their lawyers. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)
UN: Albania must 'turn page' on communist-era disappearances
Houria Es-Slami, head of the United Nations Working Group of the Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, speaks during a news conference in Tirana, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. U.N. human rights officials have called on Albanian authorities to provide more reparations to families of around 6,000 people who disappeared during the former communist regime. (AP Photo Hektor Pustina)
Texas official attacks school for axing biblical reference
Antonio Guterres sworn as UN secretary-general
The United Nations Secretary-General designate Antonio Guterres, left, is sworn in by Peter Thomson, president of the UN General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
HGTV's 'Flip or Flop' hosts split months after police called
'People v. O.J.,' 'Night Manager,' lead Globes TV nods
2 Georgia police officers shot, wounded serving warrant
Georgia Bureau of Investigation responds to a shooting involving multiple officers while serving a search warrant at a home in Crawford County, Ga., Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Authorities said the suspect in the shooting at the home has died. (Woody Marshall/The Macon Telegraph via AP)
Supreme Court upholds broad reach of bank fraud law
Liz Weston: Times when money isn't real
FILE - This file photo provided by NerdWallet shows Liz Weston, a columnist for personal finance website NerdWallet.com. (Dylan Entelis/NerdWallet via AP, File)
Gordon Pape: This has been the year of improbable profits
Colombia's president calls for new approach to drugs war
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, left, and King Carl Gustaf welcome Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos, right, during a audience at The Royal Palace in Stockholm, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, saying it helped his country achieve the "impossible dream" of ending a half-century-long civil war. (Jessica Gow/TT News Agency via AP)
The Latest: At sentencing, Fattah says he's sad, grateful
Bond yields
Redstone firm calls off CBS, Viacom merger proposal
FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2012, file photo, Sumner Redstone attends the premiere of "Seven Psychopaths" in Los Angeles. Redstone's National Amusements is abandoning a proposal that CBS and Viacom reunite after a 10 year split. National Amusements, which owns most of the voting shares of the two companies, had urged the companies to combine in September 2016. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Grain mostly higher,livestock higher
Snowfall blankets much of Maritimes, cancelling classes and delaying travel
Pedestrians walk past a purple house during a winter storm in Halifax on Monday, December 12, 2016. Halifax's first significant snowfall of the season came with a snowfall warning and white out conditions across the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
N.B. firefighters rescue moose from icy river: 'She was kind of slippery'
Shediac firefighters lead a moose to shore after it fell through the ice on the Shediac River on Saturday Dec. 10, 2016 in this image provided by the Shediac Fire Department. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Shediac Fire Department MANDATORY CREDIT
Settlement reached in rights case between university, victim of sexual assault
Mandi Gray poses for a portrait in Toronto on Friday, July 15, 2016. settlement has been reached in a human rights case between an Ontario university and a student who was sexually assaulted by another student. Gray, a 28-year-old York University PhD student, was attacked in January 2015 by Mustafa Ururyar, who was found guilty earlier this year of sexually assaulting Gray. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Publisher: Former Obama White House aide writing memoir
Toronto Film Critics Association honours 'Moonlight,' 'Toni Erdmann,' and others
This image released by A24 shows Alex Hibbert, foreground, and Mahershala Ali in a scene from the film, "Moonlight." The Toronto Film Critics Association has named "Moonlight" best picture of the year and has also announced nominees for its upcoming $100,000 Canadian film prize." THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-David Bornfriend/A24 via AP
Minister vows long-term child care funding as study details rising fees
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jean-Yves Duclos stands in the House of Commons during question period, in Ottawa on Friday, December 9, 2016.
Inmate violence steadily increasing throughout Canadian prison system
Scientists say reindeer may be shrinking due to warming
FILE _ This is a April 20, 2011 file photo of wild reindeer foraging for food on the island of Spitsbergen which is part of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway. Reindeer living on the Arctic island of Svalbard are getting smaller _ and global warming may be the cause. Scientists from Britain and Norway have found that adult Svalbard reindeer born in 2010 are now 12 percent lighter on average than those born in 1994.(Ben Birchall/PA, File via AP)
With Tillerson, Trump keeps betting big on business leaders
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Skiers caught in avalanche on B.C. mountain rescued after 21-hour ordeal
Some recent prison beatings in Canada
Italy’s newly appointed Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni begins first week in role with cabinet selections
Italian Prime Minister-designate Paolo Gentiloni speaks to journalists at the end of a meeting in the Low Chamber in Rome, Italy December 12, 2016.
Son demands his parents’ convicted killer, Travis Vader, disclose location of bodies
Travis Vader arrives at court in Edmonton in a March 8, 2016. A sentencing hearing is to begin today for an Alberta man convicted of killing two seniors who vanished on a camping trip more than six years ago.
Dauphin Island plans 'people's parade' for Carnival season
2 men who gave cash to Brussels suspect sentenced in Britain
This is an undated handout image released by West Midlands Police on Tuesday Dec. 6, 2016 of Zakaria Boufassil. Two men who provided cash to a key suspect in the deadly Paris and Brussels bombings have received prison sentences in England. A judge on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016 sentenced Mohammed Ali Ahmed to eight years in prison and Zakaria Boufassil to three years.(West Midlands Police via AP)
The 38 safest new cars on the road
2016 Toyota Corolla
Director at Crewe suspended amid British sex abuse inquiry
Canadian actors Ryan Gosling and Ryan Reynolds get Golden Globe nominations
Ryan Gosling arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "La La Land" at The Village Theatre Westwood on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jordan Strauss/Invision
With Fed looming, global shares remain buoyant
A woman uses a mobile phone in front of an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. Asian stocks were lower Tuesday following Wall Street's declines while oil prices eased after two days of strong gains. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
International migrant-smuggling ring dismantled in Greece
UK leader introduces official definition of anti-Semitism
Sudden spike in prison violence 'a problem right across the country'
In a framegrab from a video from the Central Nova Scotia Correctional facility in Halifax inmate Dwayne Wright is kicked by inmate Charles Wallace. Wallace, convicted last week of the assault in Dartmouth provincial court, had been transferred into the jail's West 3 unit hours earlier, even though an online system showed he posed a danger to Wright as an "incompatible," and shouldn't have been near him last Nov. 9. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Corrections Services Division of the Nova Scotia Department of Justice MANDATORY CREDIT
Pre-winter storms move eastward across the country
Parliamentary budget office digging into Super Hornet fighter jet costs
U. S. Air Force F-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft takes off at the opening ceremony of Aero India 2011 in Yelahanka air base on the outskirts of Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Six years after ripping into the Conservative government's cost estimates for F-35 stealth fighters, Parliament's budgetary watchdog says it is digging into the Liberal plan to purchase "interim" Super Hornet jets. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, /Aijaz Rahi
Feds ease rules on supervised drug injection sites, mail inspections at border
A injection kit is seen Insite in Vancouver, Tuesday, May 6, 2008. The federal government is expected to clear the way today to allow new supervised drug injection sites to open. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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