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Head of ETFs at AGF to part ways with firm at beginning of new year
Jay Bhutani, senior vice-president and head of ETF strategy, will be parting ways with the firm after a decade in senior executive roles.
Scholar David Waterhouse had a passion for Japanese culture
David Waterhouse receiving the Order of the Rising Sun from Consul-General of Japan Yasunori Nakayama in November, 2017.
The Latest: Soccer coach arrested with girl had New York job
Harvey leaves thousands still waiting on clean water
The Latest: 13 states challenge to California egg law
Video of SC police shooting won't be released immediately
Kansas headed toward debating tax increase again for schools
Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, R - Overland Park, answers questions from reporters following a meeting of a joint legislative committee on school funding, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawmakers have begun work on a response to a state Supreme Court order to increase spending on public schools. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Toronto police reviewing officer conduct after missing woman found dead
A Toronto Police badge.
2 men sentenced to life in killing of man shovelling snow
Alberta introduces rules to keep third parties from abusing fundraising rules
Alberta Minister of Labour, Christina Gray is sworn in as a new cabinet minister in Edmonton on February 2, 2016. Alberta is introducing new rules to try to keep third parties from end-running or abusing political fundraising rules. "Big money should have no place in politics," Christina Gray, the minister for democratic renewal, said Monday as she introduced Bill 32.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Ex-Philadelphia district attorney sent to prison in Oklahoma
Democratic governors say GOP tax bill will hurt economy
Wrongful conviction award for Ivan Henry capped at $8-million, B.C. court says
Ivan Henry, who was wrongfully convicted of sexual assault in 1983, leaves B.C. Supreme Court during a lunch break in Vancouver, B.C., on Aug. 31, 2015.
Escape from Vancouver? Housing bargains hard to find in the suburbs
A sign outside a house for sale in Squamish, B.C.
Tax hike for cruise industry dropped amid Alaska concerns
FILE- In this June 4, 2017 file photo, a cruise ship sits docked near downtown Juneau, Alaska. The tax bill approved Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, by the U.S. Senate will open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. The measure also struck down a proposed cruise ship tax that Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said would have disproportionately affected her state. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)
Correction: Army-Pot Smokers story
In this June 28, 2017, photo, marijuana plants grow at the Desert Grown Farms cultivation facility in Las Vegas. If you smoked pot and want to go to war, it’s not a big deal anymore. As more states eliminate penalties for marijuana use, the U.S. Army is granting hundreds of waivers to enlist people who consumed in their youth _ as long as they realize they can’t do so again in the military. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Brazilian businessman details FIFA bribery at US trial
This acquisitive, dividend-paying infrastructure giant still has potential upside
Despite consistent growth across a range of sectors, WSP Global isn’t resting on its laurels.
Prosecutors: Manafort wrote op-ed with colleague in Russia
FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2017, file photo, Paul Manafort accompanied by his lawyers, arrives at U.S. Federal Court, in Washington. Prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller say Manafort has been working on an op-ed with a longtime colleague “assessed to have ties” to a Russian intelligence service. Court papers say that Manafort and the colleague sought to publish the op-ed under someone else’s name and intended it to influence public opinion about his work in Ukraine. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Health Canada branch shipped to new Indigenous Services Department
Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons before Question Period Thursday Nov.30, 2017 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Walker moving ahead with plan to drug test food stamp users
FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2017, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker addresses supporters at Mid-State Equipment in Janesville, Wis. Walker moved ahead Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, with his plans to make Wisconsin the first state to drug test able-bodied adults applying for food stamps, a move blocked by the federal government or found to be unconstitutional when other states have tried. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP, File)
Aphria lands deal to supply medical marijuana to Shoppers Drug Mart
The logo for Shoppers Drug Mart is shown in downtown Toronto.
Doyle: Comedy gets harder by the day – a CBC success, an HBO failure
Kim’s Convenience returned this fall and instantly seemed tired. Recent episodes, however, have been stellar. The series is improved and funnier when it mocks sacred cows and moves away from formatted family-dynamic laughs.
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
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Police say they believe slaying of 46-year-old Oakville, Ont., man was targeted
Seattle police chief to step down after guiding reforms
Police chief calls on FBI to release video of fatal shooting
MPs chastise Equifax Canada executive for data breach
Signage at the corporate headquarters of Equifax Inc. in Atlanta, on July 21, 2012.
Pelosi slams Republican bill easing gun restrictions
In this Nov. 9, 2017, photo,House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi is slamming a Republican bill that would make it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Lawmakers work to reconcile dueling House, Senate tax bills
Cynthia Chaffee of Tucson, Ariz., protests the Republican tax overhaul, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. "I'm in Washington visiting my grandkids," says Chaffee, "and they did that this weekend and I said oh I've got to go down there and speak my piece." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
How Echelon Wealth Partner's Dorothy-Anna Orser is readying for a correction
Dorothy-Anna Orser of Echelon Wealth Partners helps managed $165-million in assets and has seen average returns of about 15 per cent in her firm’s moderate growth portfolio year-to-date.
Memoir by Japanese Emperor Hirohito to be auctioned in NY
In this image from an Associated Press video, post-World War II memoirs composed by Japanese Emperor Hirohito are displayed at Bonham's Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in New York. The two-volume, 173 page document, was dictated by the emperor to several aides after the war and transcribed word-for-word by a senior diplomat. It was created at the request of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, whose administration controlled Japan at the time. The memoir, also known as the imperial monologue, covers events from the Japanese assassination of Manchurian warlord Zhang Zuolin in 1928 to the emperor's surrender broadcast recorded on Aug. 14, 1945. It is expected to fetch between $100,000 and $150,000 at Bonhams' auction Dec. 6. (AP Photo/Joseph B. Frederick)
Bodycam shows officer saving life of newborn baby
Savannah-Chatham police officer William Eng, right, plays with 29-day-old Bella Adkins while her mother, Tina Adkins, holds her on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, at Savannah-Chatham police headquarters. Eng performed life-saving CPR on the infant on Friday. (Will Peebles/Savannah Morning News via AP)
A Toronto tax revolt pays off for downtown tenants
Placards in storefront windows communicate dissatisfaction about tax increases for businesses on Yonge Street in Toronto.
How major US stock indexes fared on Monday
2nd blast brings down upper section of Pontiac Silverdome
California lawmaker faces inquiry over sex misconduct claim
FILE - In this May 15, 2017 file photo, assemblyman Matt Dababneh, D-Encino speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Lobbyist Pamela Lopez alleges that Debabneh followed her into bar bathroom and performed a lewd act in front of her in 2016. Debabneh denies the accusation. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
McDonald's revives Dollar Menu name with $1, $2 and $3 items
This Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, photo shows a McDonald's sign at a restaurant in Hialeah, Fla. The Dollar Menu is making a McComeback. McDonald's says it is reviving the name of the once-popular value menu in January 2018, but this time the items will cost $1, $2 or $3. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Aphria set to be Shoppers Drug Mart's cannabis supplier with new agreement
The logo for Shoppers Drug Mart is shown in downtown Toronto, on Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Marijuana company Aphria says it's entered an agreement to supply Shoppers Drug Mart with medical cannabis.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Eduardo Lima
MPs give Equifax Canada's chief privacy officer a rough ride over data breach
Signage at the corporate headquarters of Equifax Inc. in Atlanta on July 21, 2012. Equifax Canada has revised the number of Canadians caught up in a massive data breach earlier this year, saying an investigation has found that more than 19,000 were affected. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Mike Stewart
JPMorgan: Pilot scheduling mix-up could cost American $10M
Small-business advocates lament ‘appalling’ lack of detail ahead of Jan. 1 tax changes
Minister of Finance Bill Morneau responds to a question in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, on Nov. 30, 2017.
Wrongful conviction award for British Columbia man capped at $8 million
Ivan Henry, who was wrongfully convicted of sexual assault in 1983, leaves B.C. Supreme Court during a lunch break in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday August 31, 2015. The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled the provincial government will not have to pay the full $8 million in compensation awarded to a man who spent 27 years in prison before he was acquitted of sexual assault. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Top Democrat steps aside during misconduct probe of husband
FILE - In this March 14, 2016 file photo, Massachusetts Senate President Stanley Rosenberg speaks during a signing ceremony for legislation aimed at reversing a deadly opioid addiction crisis at the Statehouse in Boston. Rosenberg on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, agreed to relinquish his responsibilities as Senate leader during an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations involving his husband (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Rates rise at US Treasury auction to highest in 9 years
With the OPEC meeting done, oil demand is getting into the driver’s seat
Pump jacks pump oil in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Oct. 5, 2017.
Greater Vancouver home sales climbed in November compared with a year earlier
Monuments being reduced hold cliff dwellings, scenic cliffs
U.S. stocks mixed following tax bill passage, Toronto market down
The TMX broadcast centre is pictured in Toronto May 9, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Ontario needs a live-event ticket solution for real consumer protection
Ticket scalpers stand out front of the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre before the start of the Tragically Hip's Man Machine Poem Tour in Victoria, B.C., Friday, July 22, 2016.
Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski suspended one game for late hit to head
Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots talks with back judge Dino Paganelli during the fourth quarter of a game against the Buffalo Bills on Dec. 3, 2017.
Court orders new trial for Quebec woman convicted of killing two daughters
A handout photo from the Laval police department shows Adele Sorella. The Quebec Court of Appeal set aside the guilty verdict of a woman convicted in 2013 of murdering her two daughters and has ordered a new trial. Adele Sorella was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2009 deaths of nine-year-old Amanda and eight-year-old Sabrina in the family home in Laval, Que., north of Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Le Service de police de Laval
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump’s travel ban
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, on Dec. 4, 2017.
Comerica, Fox and General Cable climb while Signet stumbles
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2017, file photo, protesters gather at a rally in Washington. The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries. The justices say in an order on Dec. 4, that the policy can take full effect even as legal challenges against it make their way through the courts. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
NewsAlert: U.S. top court OK's full enforcement of Trump travel ban
Yanks finalize hiring of 'polished communicator' Aaron Boone
FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2009, file photo, Houston Astros' Aaron Boone hustles down the first base line during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago. A person familiar with the decision says the New York Yankees have picked ESPN broadcaster Boone to succeed Joe Girardi as manager. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday, Dec. 1,2017, because the decision had not been announced by the team. Now 44, Boone has never been a manager or even a coach at any level since retiring as a player after the 2009 season. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Ontario spending $93 million to expand bike lanes across the province
Toronto police reviewing officer conduct after missing woman found dead
How the OSC upheld the public interest in Eco Oro case
Anita Anand holds the J.R. Kimber Chair in Investor Protection and Corporate Governance at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.
Did 'Do Not Resuscitate' tattoo reflect patient's true wish?
Colorado school board votes to end voucher program
Les Lilly, center, walks by a Douglas County, Colo., Sheriffs Department officer after Lilly spoke during a Douglas County School Board meeting Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Castle Rock, Colo. A new anti-voucher majority on the board was set to eliminate a program enacted by an earlier conservative-dominated board to help public school students attend secular and religious schools with taxpayer-funded vouchers. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
As Christmas approaches, historic inn breaks out eggnog
Connecticut airport introduces therapy dogs for holidays
Ottawa Redblacks hire Noel Thorpe as defensive co-ordinator
How selling air rights could save a tiny heritage home in Vancouver’s real estate boom
Arthur Erickson's home and garden in Vancouver on March 20, 2013.
The Latest: Woman denies sexual relationship with ex speaker
Tory MP James Bezan accused of making ‘humiliating’ sexual comments
Liberal MP Sherry Romanado, left, leaves a committee meeting with colleagues in Ottawa on Monday. She says Conservative MP James Bezan publicly made inappropriate sexual comments to her in May.
US, Russia deep-search vessels join hunt for Argentine sub
FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the Argentina Navy shows an ARA San Juan, a German-built diesel-electric vessel, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Navy's spokesman said Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, that U.S and Russian ships carrying remotely operated vehicles capable of deep seafloor searches are joining other vessels hunting for an Argentine submarine that went missing in the South Atlantic 19 days ago. (Argentina Navy via AP File)
'House of Cards' to resume taping minus star Kevin Spacey
FILE - In this June 11, 2017 file photo, Kevin Spacey arrives at the 71st annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Production is resuming next year on the sixth and final season of "House of Cards." Taping of the political drama was halted in October amid sexual misconduct allegations against star Spacey. Netflix Chief Content Office Ted Sarandos told a conference Monday, Dec. 4, of the decision, Variety reported. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Shock at pricey tampons at Calgary airport, but that's the norm in the north
An anonymous note and a $15 box of tampons is shown in a women's washroom at the Calgary International Airport on Nov. 26, 2017. Though many shocked at the price, women in remote Indigenous communities often pay that much or more for feminine hygiene products, according to the organization Moon Time Sisters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Carlee Field MANDATORY CREDIT
Police: Man killed Salvation Army worker, stole 4 vehicles
Car slams into Santa Monica Pier restaurant, driver arrested
Workers view a boarded-up door and a tire scuff mark where earlier a car had crashed into the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant on the Santa Monica Pier after an altercation between people in the vehicle and construction workers on the pier in Santa Monica, Calif., early Monday, Dec. 4, 2017. One worker suffered minor injuries but no one was transported to a hospital following the incident shortly before 5 a.m. Monday. The driver was taken into custody. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Man gets life with no parole for 15 years for killing ex-girlfriend's mother
The Latest: Cordray faces critics as he readies governor bid
Justices wary of terror victims' pleas to seize Iran objects
Congressman pledges to repay public funds that settled claim
Flair Airlines tinkering with ultra low cost model by eliminating carry-on fee
In this Jan. 30, 2017, file photo, luggage sits on a baggage claim carousel at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/David Goldman, File
Senators, prosecutor cite fake comments on internet rules
Liberal MP accuses Tory James Bezan of 'humiliating' comments, sexual in nature
Conservative MP James Bezan asks a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, October 27, 2016.A Liberal member of Parliament from Quebec is accusing Bezan of making comments towards her that were ``humiliating'' and ``sexual in nature.'' THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Sleeping crew member likely cause of tug crash off B.C. coast: U.S. report
The tugboat Nathan E. Stewart is seen in the waters of the Seaforth Channel near Bella Bella, B.C., in an October 23, 2016, handout photo. The National Transportation Safety Board says the second mate of a tugboat fell asleep before it ran aground off the coast of British Columbia last year and spilled thousands of litres of fuel.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Heiltsuk First Nation, April Bencze, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Is your home or income property insured when it’s vacant?
Smouldering remains of a roof that had been on fire.
Canada looks to Amsterdam for a little night magic
Mark Garner, executive director of the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Association, on Toronto’s Yonge Street, which is undergoing a revitalization.
I may be a millennial basement-dweller, but I cherish this time spent with my parents
Attention to detail runs in the family of Jets goalie Hellebuyck
Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck stops Ottawa Senators' Derick Brassard during third period NHL hockey action in Winnipeg, Sunday, December 3, 2017. Hellebuyck has backstopped the Winnipeg Jets to a share of top spot in the NHL because of an attention to details that began when he was four years old and follows a family trait of being highly focused. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Trevor Hagan
Q&A: $69B Aetna bid pushes CVS deeper into consumers' lives
FILE - This Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, file photo shows a CVS Pharmacy in Pittsburgh. CVS Health, the second-largest U.S. drugstore chain, is buying Aetna, the third-largest health insurer. The evolution won't happen overnight, but in time, shoppers may find more clinics in CVS stores and more services they can receive through the network of nearly 10,000 locations that the company has built. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Websites publishing Toronto home sales data quick to spring up after federal court ruling
A sold sign is shown in front of west-end Toronto homes.
Starbucks opens 1st store in New Jersey's capital city
Teen in custody after shooting mars Detroit holiday event
Defence: Government delayed evidence in Turkish banker case
AP Explains: National monuments and why they're divisive
FILE - In this undated file photo, the Upper Gulch section of the Escalante Canyons within Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument features sheer sandstone walls, broken occasionally by tributary canyons. Utah has long stood out for going far beyond other Western states in trying to get back control of its federally protected lands. When President Donald Trump on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, announces he's going to shrink two national monuments in the state, his warm welcome will stand out in a region that is normally protective of its parks and monuments. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
Canadian auto sales on pace to hit two million in 2017
Cars and trucks are seen on the lot at City Buick Chevrolet Cadillac GMC on Aug. 1 2017.
Vancouver property prices up 14 per cent since Nov. 2016, real estate board says
Bahrain says prominent Shiite cleric hospitalized
Where protected lands stand after national monument review
Is toxic masculinity finally on its way out of the sports industry?
Leanne Nicolle is the former executive director at the Canadian Olympic Foundation. She is President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Toronto and Executive in Residence, Inclusive Leadership in Sport, Ryerson University.
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