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Liz Weston: Why you need 3 savings accounts
ACLU sues for documents in Yemen raid that killed Navy SEAL
Stay or go? Raptors all-star guard Kyle Lowry gives no hints about future
Toronto Raptor's DeMar DeRozan speaks during a end of seaso/ press conference in Toronto on Monday May 8, 2017. Whether star Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry chooses to stay or leave, DeRozan says he'll support whatever decision his friend and teammate makes this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Tillerson to discuss Syria crisis with Russian counterpart
Eric Trump denies alleged statements on Russian funding
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2017 file photo, Eric Trump, son of President-elect Donald Trump departs from Trump Tower in New York. President Donald Trump's son denied Monday, May 8, 2017, that he told a sportswriter that the family’s real estate business got money from Russia to fund golf courses. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Toronto economic committee votes to continue Pride funding amid police debate
Olivia Nuamah, executive director of Pride Toronto, is pictured near the group's downtown Toronto offices on April 4, 2017.
Pride Toronto moves closer to securing annual grant amid controversy
People march during the annual Toronto Pride Parade, in Toronto on Sunday, July 3, 2016. The head of Canada's largest Pride parade is petitioning Toronto officials to keep an annual grant as debate over police participation in the event continues. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Blinch
Back in the dope game: Marijuana industry pioneer launches cannabis streaming firm
Chuck Rifici poses for a photo Friday September 27, 2013 in Smiths Falls, Ontario. Marijuana industry pioneer Chuck Rifici is turning to streaming — a business model often used in mining — to tackle what he says are growing pains facing the rapidly expanding sector. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Libya general's troops push into central Benghazi
The Latest: Attorney: Travel ban is religiously motivated
Protesters hold signs and march in front of the State Capitol across the street from the US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., Monday, May 8, 2017. The court will examine a ruling that blocks the administration from temporarily barring new visas for citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. It's the first time an appeals court will hear arguments on the revised travel ban, which is likely destined for the U.S. Supreme Court.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Honeyman's 'Eleanor Oliphant' is endearing, whip-smart read
This cover image released by Pamela Dorman Books/ Viking shows "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine," a novel by Gail Honeyman. (Pamela Dorman Books/ Viking via AP)
Tiara adorned with 367 diamonds stolen from German museum
This undated Photo provided by Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe shows an official photograph of Grand Duchess Hilda of Baden wearing her tiara a gold and platinum tiara adorned with 367 diamonds that has been stolen from a state museum. Baden-Wuerttemberg criminal police said Monday, May 8, 2017 the theft of the tiara, valued at 1.2 million euro (US dollar 1.31 million), was discovered on April 29 and they’re looking for any witnesses who may have seen anything out of the ordinary at around that time. (Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe via AP)
The Latest: Chesapeake Bay report card sees improvements
Vatican celebrates big bang to dispel faith-science conflict
FILE - In this April 15, 2011 file photo, Brother Guy Consolmagno, a Jesuit astronomer at the Vatican's Observatory, right, shows to visitors the Globe of planet Mars from the collection of the Specola Vaticana. The Vatican Observatory has invited leading scientists and cosmologists to talk black holes, gravitational waves and space-time singularities as it honors Monsignor George Lemaire, a Jesuit cosmologist considered one of the fathers of the idea that the universe began with a gigantic explosion. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Grain mixed, livestock higher
This health care technology stock is worth monitoring
health care; patient monitoring
Iran's president attacks rival's background in judiciary
Martha Stewart flashes middle finger toward Trump portrait
Martha Stewart poses in the press room at the MTV Movie and TV Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, May 7, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
A look at Disney World's new Pandora-World of Avatar land
Monday’s TSX breakouts: Loaded with cash, this REIT is catching the eye of activists
Jennifer Dowty
Trump moves to get more conservatives on federal bench
White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the daily press briefing, Monday, May 8, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Shelburne man faces string of drug charges after arrest
The Latest: Prosecutors say fake gun found at scene
A Boston police vehicle patrols, Monday, May 8, 2017, near the scene of a double murder in the penthouse of the Macallen Building, center, in Boston. Bampumim Teixeira is charged with killing Dr. Lina Bolanos and Dr. Richard Field on Friday night at the Macallen Building. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Court issues final ruling reinstating Skakel conviction
Canadian housing starts drop as multi-unit and single-family paces slow
Houses under construction in Brampton, Ont., on Thursday April 20, 2017.
Home Capital suspends dividend, shares swing, as deposits continue to drain
Housing starts drop in April, as multi-unit and single-family starts slow
Sinclair to buy Tribune Media, expanding its local TV reach
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, file photo, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.'s headquarters stands in Hunt Valley, Md. Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the nation's largest local TV station operators, announced Monday, May 8, 2017, that it will pay about $3.9 billion for Tribune Media, adding more than 40 stations including KTLA in Los Angeles, WPIX in New York and WGN in Chicago. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)
Come From Away wins five Outer Critics Circle Awards
The cast of Come From Away on Broadway.
Commodities rout shouldn’t be taken lightly
A Crescent Point Energy oil pump.
Liberals pick Toronto as home of new infrastructure bank
The Toronto skyline is seen in this file photo.
List of winners from the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards
CORRECTS PHOTOGRAPHER FROM CHRIS PIZZELLO TO RICHARD SHOTWELL -Millie Bobby Brown winner of the award for best actor in a show for "Stranger Things" kisses her award at the MTV Movie and TV Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, May 7, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Jay Z, Chili Peppers to headline Meadows Festival in NYC
FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Jay Z performs during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Cleveland. The Meadows Music and Arts Festival announced May 8, 2017, that Jay Z would headline the second edition of the New York concert in September. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Politics Briefing newsletter: Floods hit Quebec, Ontario
The Five Fishermen: Halifax eatery serves up fine seafood and the odd apparition
The Five Fishermen restaurant in Halifax on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The Five Fishermen has been a fixture of downtown Halifax's dining scene since 1975, serving up fine seafood and the odd apparition. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Uber nabs U of T star as U.S. heavyweights poach Canadian AI talent
Raquel Urtasun, an expert in artificial intelligence, is seen in Toronto on Friday, April 28, 2017.
The Latest: Trump calls Russia probe 'a total hoax'
FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2017 file photo, then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn sits in the East Room of the White House in Washington. A member of Donald Trump's transition team asked national security officials in the Obama White House for the classified CIA profile on Russia's ambassador to the United States. The unusual request appears to signal that Trump's own team had concerns about whether his pick for national security adviser, Mike Flynn, fully understood that he was dealing with a man rumored to have ties to Russian intelligence agencies. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Police fatally wound man after chase in Alabama
Liberals put on defensive over plans to create infrastructure investing machine
Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Canada's largest city is getting itself a new resident this year: the headquarters of the federal government's new infrastructure financing agency.Putting the bank in Toronto will give its members easy access to investors in the city's financial district whose dollars the Liberals need to make the agency a success. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
French President-elect Macron gears up for challenges ahead
Monday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Air Canada jets sit by the gates at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto on April 25 2013.
Trump's Muslim comments could haunt him in travel ban appeal
Protesters hold signs and march outside the US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., Monday, May 8, 2017. The court will examine a ruling that blocks the administration from temporarily barring new visas for citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. It's the first time an appeals court will hear arguments on the revised travel ban, which is likely destined for the U.S. Supreme Court.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)
1 million children refugees from South Sudan's civil war
Prospective home buyers resort to speed dating for financial partners
Scott Barlow
Local officials removed after Chinese mine accident kills 18
Indonesia to disband hard-line Islamic group Hizbut
Prime minister says IS fighter's son can return to Australia
Nations critique Filipino leader's rights record at UN body
Watchdog says Vietnamese officials bribed by log smugglers
FILE - In this July 2002 file photo, dust flows from under the truck loaded with logs as it makes its way on a rural road in Preah Vihear province, north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. An environmental watchdog has accused Vietnamese government and military officials of taking payoffs to ignore vast smuggling of lucrative lumber from neighboring Cambodia. Millions of dollars in bribes have been paid by Vietnamese timber traders to both Vietnamese and Cambodian officials, the report issued Monday, May 8, 2017, by the U.K.-based Environmental Investigation Agency alleges. (AP Photo/ Heng Sinith, File)
MTV Awards salute 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'Stranger Things'
Plan to help save southern New England lobsters up for vote
Remains of 21 Soviet Red Army soldiers found in Germany
Joachim Kozlowski from the Volksbund charity that takes care of war graves, works at a mass grave in the town of Seelow 70 kilometers (43 miles) east of Berlin, Germany, Monday, May 8, 2017. Seventy-two years after the end of World War II, road workers have found the remains of at least 21 Red Army soldiers. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)
One dead in floods as Quebec, Ontario residents question government response
Ile Mercier covered in floodwater is seen on the Riviere des Prairies on the north part of Montreal on Monday. The bridge leading to the island is closed with its residents evacuated.
Cambodian raids net 70 tons of fake cosmetics, ingredients
Hungary's president urges civility in political discourse
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, congratulates Hungarian President Janos Ader at the end of the inauguration ceremony for a second five-year term during the plenary session of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, May 8, 2017. (Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP)
Los Angeles, Paris await Olympic inspectors in 2024 race
Australian rules football great Lou Richards dies at 94
Floods in Quebec and B.C.: What’s the damage so far? A guide
François Lussier rows a small boat along a flooded street in the town of Rigaud, Que., west of Montreal, on May 8, 2017.
2 Islamic State suspects arrested in Spain, 1 in Morocco
Canadians say ticket bots a ‘huge problem,’ but divided on solution
Lead singer Gord Downie is seen performing on a screen as a man watches during a viewing party for the final stop in Kingston, Ont., of a 10-city national concert tour by The Tragically Hip, in Vancouver, B.C., on Aug. 20, 2016. Fans complained that tickets for the tour were being bought up and resold at inflated prices.
Home Capital adds new directors amid concerns over liquidity, funding
The entry to the Home Capital Group's headquarters is seen at an office tower in the financial district of Toronto, May 1, 2017.
Chipping away at EU: Banksy's take on Brexit seen in Dover
A man has a picture taken next to a mural by artist Banksy of a workman removing a star from the EU flag in Dover England on Monday May 8, 2017. The mural which appeared Sunday near the ferry terminal in Dover. The street artist Banksy has let the world know his take on Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. Banksy has created a large mural in the British port of Dover showing a workman chipping away one of the 12 stars on the EU flag. (Gareth Fuller/via AP)
Comcast, Charter to co-operate as threats from wireless grow
FILE - This Wednesday, March 29, 2017, file photo shows a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. Cable operators Comcast and Charter Communications have agreed to form a wireless partnership in order to strengthen their positions in the rapidly growing sector. Comcast and Charter Communications Inc. said Monday, May 8, that their partnership will give customers more choice and competitive prices. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
UN official calls for more work with disabled in North Korea
Catalina Devandas Aguilar, the U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of people with disabilities, speaks at a news conference on Monday, May 8, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. She called for more attention to disabled people in the socialist state. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
Monday's small-cap stocks to watch
TransAlta wind turbines are shown at a wind farm near Pincher Creek, Alta., Wednesday, March 9, 2016.
In South Africa, farmers get bail in racially sensitive case
Two South Africa white farmers, Phillip Schutte, front, and Pieter Dooreward, back, outside the Coligny, South Africa, magistrates court, Monday May 8, 2017. The two, who are accused of murdering a black teenager, were granted bail in the racially sensitive case sparking violence. (AP Photo)
In the bag: Coach buying Kate Spade for $2.4 billion
FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 27, 2015, file photo, shoppers wait in line outside a Coach factory outlet store at the Cincinnati Premium Outlets, in Monroe, Ohio. Coach is buying rival luxury handbag, clothing and accessories company Kate Spade in a deal valued at $2.4 billion as it looks grab more millennial shoppers, announced Monday, May 8, 2017. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Obama urges Congress to show ‘courage’ on health care
Former President Barack Obama speaks after being presented with the 2017 Profile in Courage award during ceremonies at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Sunday, May 7, 2017, in Boston.
New opioid-prescribing guidelines aim to cut use of potent narcotics
Updated opioid-prescribing guidelines released Monday encourage doctors to avoid giving the powerful narcotics as a first-line treatment to patients with chronic, non-cancer pain.
New Hamas chief tours native Gaza, highlights power shift
File - In this Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 file photo, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh greets supporters during a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Hamas militant group in Jebaliya in the northern Gaza Strip. Hamas is confirming that its former Gaza prime minister Ismail Haniyeh has been chosen as the Islamic militant group's top leader. Hamas spokesman said Haniyeh was picked Saturday May 6, 2017 as Hamas politburo chief. He replaces Khaled Mashaal, its longtime leader. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 4.
Mattis: US reviewing Syria safe zones but has many questions
Where the leaders are in the N.S. election
Kansas bail bondsman gets life for killing son fed to pigs
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Wyandotte County Detention Center shows Michael Jones. The Kansas man will be sentenced to life in prison Monday, May 8, 2017, for the killing of his 7-year-old son, who authorities say was subjected to horrific abuse and was "essentially starved to death" before his remains were found in the family's pig sty. (Wyandotte County Detention Center via AP, File)
Japan, India to strengthen defenceco-operation
KKR believed to be discussing pre-emptive bid for Toshiba chips unit
A logo of Toshiba Corp is seen on a printed circuit board in this photo illustration taken in Tokyo July 31, 2012.
14-year-old boy charged with stealing car from dealership, fleeing police
With Macron win confirmed, European market rally hits pause
French President-elect Emmanuel Macron gestures during a victory celebration outside the Louvre museum in Paris, France, Sunday, May 7, 2017. Speaking to thousands of supporters from the Louvre Museum's courtyard, Macron said that France is facing an "immense task" to rebuild European unity, fix the economy and ensure security against extremist threats. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Gulf carrier Etihad Airways names veteran exec interim CEO
FILE -- In this Dec. 18, 2014 file photo, an Emirati man takes a selfie in front of a new Etihad Airways A380 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On Monday, May8, 2017, the parent company of Etihad Airways tapped one of its own executives to take over for the outgoing CEO who oversaw the Gulf carrier's aggressive expansion and acquisition spree. The Etihad Aviation Group board of directors on Monday named Ray Gammell as interim chief executive, promoting him from his current post as chief people and performance officer. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
Nicki Minaj pays college costs for Twitter fans
FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2016, file photo, Musician Nicki Minaj is seen in Philadelphia. Minaj promised to pay college costs for more than a dozen fans who tweeted her on Saturday, May 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File)
Tories pledge $39.7 million to improve mental health services in Nova Scotia
Jamie Baillie, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, poses after the budget was presented at the legislature in Halifax on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The Progressive Conservatives are promising to spend almost $40 million on increasing access to mental health services in Nova Scotia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
AkzoNobel rejects third takeover bid from PPG worth $29 bln
FILE - This Monday, April 24, 2017, file photo, shows the office building for PPG Industries at PPG Place in Pittsburgh. PPG said it‚Äôs disappointed that Dutch industrial paints and chemicals company AkzoNobel has rejected its takeover bid for a third time. PPG provided its third offer on April 24 and said that its Chairman and CEO Michael McGarry and lead independent director Hugh Grant met with AkzoNobel‚Äôs CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management Ton Bvºchner and Antony Burgmans, chairman of its supervisory board, on Saturday, May 6. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
May 8: The Canadian (currency) wall. Plus other letters to the editor
Why No Frills is going after the ‘frugal-chic’ consumer
A new No Frills campaign.
My boss harasses me, but his wife is the HR director. What do I do?
Macron’s weighty win does not mean European populism is dead
Eric Reguly
South African president asks for help finding UNICEF worker
Nigeria identifies 82 freed Chibok girls; parents await word
In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, left, meets with Chibok school girls recently freed from Nigeria Extremist captivity in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, May 7, 2017. Five Boko Haram commanders were released in exchange for the freedom of 82 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the extremist group three years ago, a Nigerian government official said Sunday, as the girls were expected to meet with the country's president and their families. (Bayo Omoboriowo/Nigeria State House via AP)
The Latest: Syrian FM describes Kurdish role as 'legitimate'
FILE -- In this April 14, 2017 file photo, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem attends a shared press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif following their talks focused on Syria in Moscow, Russia. At a press conference in Damascus, on Monday, May 8, 2017, Muallem said that there will be no international forces under UN supervision as part of 'safe zones' deal. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
Canada’s aging parents cost their children $33-billion a year (but don't tell our kids that)
Iran makes veiled threat against Pakistan, despite agreement
FILE -- In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri delivers a speech during a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran. State television on Monday, May 8, 2017, quoted Bagheri as saying soldiers will attack terrorists wherever they are, suggesting they could go over the border into Pakistan to target militants there. The report comes after an attack claimed by the Sunni militant group Jaish-ul-Adl killed 10 soldiers in April. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
Palestinians sue Israel over attack that killed toddler
UN climate talks begin amid uncertainty over US position
FILE - In this April 3, 2014 file photo giant machines dig for brown coal at the open-cast mining Garzweiler in front of a smoking power plant near the city of Grevenbroich in western Germany. Despite uncertainties about whether the United States will remain committed to the Paris climate accord under President Donald Trump, diplomats convened talks in Bonn, Germany, Monday, May 8, 2017 on implementing the details of the global deal to combat global warming.Ôªø (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Caring for aging parents costs Canadians $33B a year in expenses and lost income
Five stories in the news today, May 8
Demon on the streets: Why Dodge built an insane V-8 drag-racer in 2017
The Dodge Demon is a throwback to an earlier time when muscle cars ruled the road.
Solitary confinement: Why is Ontario willing to do what Ottawa won’t?
Lisa Kerr, assistant professor, Queen’s University, Faculty of Law
Thousands of sites for homes sit shovel-ready in Toronto area
A housing development is shown in Brampton, Ontario on April 21, 2017.
We can improve mental-health care by fighting poverty
Those who seek help for mental-health issues are left with little recourse but to go to a hospital, regardless of whether the concerns stem from inadequate housing, employment or lack of emotional support.
Toronto startup Integrate.AI scores big-league executive hires
Steve Irvine, Founder & CEO at Integrate.AI, poses for a picture in Toronto, Saturday February 4, 2017.
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