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Canada’s Ivey PMI shows economic activity expanding at slower pace
Fabricator Mike Caldarino uses a grinder on a steel stairs being manufactured for a high school in Redmond, Wash., at George Third & Son Steel Fabricators and Erectors, in Burnaby, B.C., on March 29, 2018. Canada's economy contracted slightly in October, with real gross domestic product down 0.1 per cent from September. Statistics Canada says that October's decline in GDP was the first in eight months. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
NATO moving some personnel out of Iraq due to safety concerns
Banners displaying the NATO logo are placed at the entrance of NATO headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, on April 19, 2018.
Canada Revenue Agency’s tax call centres get a D on business group’s report card
The Canada Revenue Agency headquarters in Ottawa is shown on November 4, 2011. The federal government's tax information call centres have received a D grade on a new report card from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
British woman accused of fabricating rape claims in Cyprus given suspended sentence
A British woman, accused of lying about being gang raped, covers her face as she arrives at the Famagusta courthouse in Paralimni, Cyprus, on Jan. 7, 2020.
RBC has no plans to take any restructuring charges, CEO McKay says
Royal Bank of Canada CEO David McKay poses for a portrait at the Thomson Reuters office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Gary He
Overseas buying in Asian equities jump to a 3-year high in 2019
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 3.
Russia’s Putin meets with Assad during rare visit to Syria
A handout picture released by the official Syrian presidency Telegram page on Jan. 7, 2020, shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the headquarters of the Russian forces, in Damascus.
Jana Partners’ activist fund gains 52% as bets such as ConAgra pay off
ConAgra Foods production facility is seen in Oakdale, California, in this December 18, 2015 file photo.
National meteorological department says past decade was India’s hottest on record
An man drinks water from a roadside tap during a hot day in Churu, Rajasthan, India, on June 4, 2019.
Theatre New Brunswick founder Walter Learning dies at 81
Walter Learning is invested as a Member of the Order of Canada by Governor-General Julie Payette, during a ceremony at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa, on Nov. 21, 2019. Learning, who was a key figure in Canadian theatre, died Sunday in Fredericton at the age of 81.
Venezuela’s Juan Guaido enters congressional palace after standoff with security forces
Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido heads to the National Assembly, in Caracas, on Jan. 7, 2020.
Indonesia’s air force deploys four fighter jets in standoff with China
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, centre, along with Military Chief Gatot Nurmantyo, left, and Air Force Commander Agus Supriatna walk past fighter jets and weapons during a military exercise on Natuna Island, Riau Islands province, Indonesia, in an Oct. 6, 2016, file photo.
Canadian dollar weakens to one-week low as oil pulls back
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Tuesday - and why
A branch of Scotiabank is pictured in downtown Toronto on Tuesday, April 10, 2018.
XFL to unveil rules innovations when it kicks off next month
For XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck, seen here talking to reporters in Seattle on Feb. 25, 2019, a speedier game means a more entertaining one.
Jury selection begins at Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial in New York
Harvey Weinstein arrives for the start of jury selection in his sexual assault trial, in New York, Jan. 7, 2020.
Hong Kong to add mystery respiratory illness to list of reportable diseases
Secretary for Food and Health Prof. Sophia Chan speaks during a news conference at the Central Government Office, in Hong Kong, on Jan. 7, 2020.
U.S. Senate panel advances USMCA legislation to a final vote
Sen. Chuck Grassley speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 19, 2019.
Four Kenyan school children killed in al Shabaab attack on telecommunications mast
Ottawa is poised to grow and meet new work force demand
Ashley Hopkins, president and chief executive officer, Paradigm Properties (L) and Shawn Hamilton, senior VP and managing director, CBRE Ottawa pictured at an Ottawa LRT station November 14, 2019 in Ottawa. DAVE CHAN / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Canada posts trade deficit of $1.09-billion in November, rail strike takes toll
Statistics Canada's offices at Tunny's Pasture in Ottawa are shown on March 8, 2019. Statistics Canada says the country's merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $978 million in September compared with a revised deficit of $1.2 billion in August. Economists on average had expected a deficit of $700 million, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv.
Snowfall warnings, special weather statements issued as another storm makes its way toward Atlantic Canada
A man clears his driveway in St. John’s, Newfoundland, on Jan. 6, 2020.
U.S. trade deficit at three-year low as imports tumble
FILE- In this March 5, 2019, file photo the Cape Kortia container ship, left, heads into the Port of Tacoma in Commencement Bay in Tacoma, Wash.The U.S. trade deficit increased slightly in March even though the deficit with China fell to the lowest point in five years. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Spain’s Pedro Sanchez narrowly secures parliament’s backing to form coalition government
Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez delivers a speech during a parliamentary vote to elect a premier, at the Spanish Congress, in Madrid, on Jan. 7, 2020.
The other fake meat: Impossible Foods unveils pork, sausage
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JANUARY 06: Impossible Pork Char Siu Buns are sampled during an Impossible Foods press event for CES 2020 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on January 6, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs January 7-10 and features about 4,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 170,000 attendees. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
Canadian consumers start 2020 in a funk as high debt loads bite
Facebook bans deepfakes in fight against online manipulation
FILE - This March 29, 2018 file photo, shows the logo for social media giant Facebook at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square. Facebook said Monday Jan. 6, 2020 that it is banning “deepfake” videos, the false but realistic clips created with artificial intelligence and sophisticated tools, as it steps up efforts to fight online manipulation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Tuesday’s small-cap stocks to watch
France marks five years since Charlie Hebdo attack
A woman pays tribute in front of a wreath of flowers outside the former office of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, after a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the attack, in Paris, on Jan. 7, 2019.
Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
A Canadian Pacific Railway employee walks along the side of a locomotive in a marshalling yard in Calgary, Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
Shortages force closing of Illinois pot dispensaries
Detail of a marijuana plant at the Clever Leaves company in Sogamoso, Boyaca department, Colombia on April 3, 2019. - Clever Leaves company is one of the first legal cannabis producer certified by the Colombian Government to produce medicines based on medical cannabis in the country and to export. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)
Goldman Sachs answers investor demands on consumer bank
Goldman Sachs would report its future earnings, starting with the latest December quarter, under the newly named units.
American Airlines reaches settlement with Boeing for 737 Max compensation in 2019
FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8, on a flight from Miami to New York City, comes in for landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York, U.S., March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Jan. 7: High Tide raises $10M for Ontario expansion
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France, U.S. set two-week target for resolving digital tax spat
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 28, 2019 shows the logos for Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple are displayed on a tablet in Lille, France. - US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is urging countries like France to suspend taxes on global computing giants such as Google and Amazon and wait for a negotiated agreement on international taxation, according to a letter released on December 4, 2019. As the US is poised to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on $2.4 billion in French products over that country's digital services tax, Mnuchin said talks in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development are key to resolving the issue. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP) (Photo by DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images)
Puerto Rico declares state of emergency after strongest earthquake to hit island in 102 years
A collapsed building with car crushed underneath, following an earthquake in Yauco, Puerto Rico, Tuesday Jan. 7, 2020. All the occupants of the home are reported to be uninjured. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico, the largest in a series of quakes in recent days, and caused heavy damage in some areas. (J. Miguel Santiago Twitter via AP)
Nissan bolsters taskforce to prepare for Ghosn broadsides, sources say
FILE PHOTO: Nissan logo is seen in Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo, Japan October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Musk launches Tesla SUV program at new China factory
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a delivery ceremony for the first Tesla Model 3 cars made at Tesla's Shanghai factory in Shanghai, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Tesla's Shanghai factory delivered its first cars to customers Monday, and chief executive Elon Musk said the electric automaker plans to set up a design center in China to create a model for worldwide sales. (Chinatopix via AP)
Oil falls one per cent as investors reassess Mideast risks
FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
Morning Update: Democrats seek to limit Trump’s Iran actions; a call for Boeing hearings in Canada
The coffins of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and others are carried through Tehran during a funeral procession on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.
At least 56 people killed in stampede at funeral of slain Iranian general
Iranian mourners gather during the final stage of funeral processions for slain top general Qasem Soleimani, in his hometown Kerman on January 7, 2020. - Soleimani was killed outside Baghdad airport on January 3 in a drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions with arch-enemy Iran which has vowed "severe revenge". The assassination of the 62-year-old heightened international concern about a new war in the volatile, oil-rich Middle East and rattled financial markets. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 03: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 03, 2020 in New York City. Following news that the U.S. military killed Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Irans elite paramilitary forces, global stocks and oil prices fell with the Dow falling over 220 points. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Legal drama Just Mercy is people-pleasing feel-goodery that lacks depth
JUST MERCY Copyright: © 2019 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. Photo Credit: Jake Giles Netter Caption: (L-r) MICHAEL B. JORDAN as Bryan Stevenson and JAMIE FOXX as Walter McMillian in Warner Bros. Pictures' drama JUST MERCY, a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
The new ski gear you need to look and feel good on the slopes
Tuesday’s Insider Report: CEO of this large-cap dividend stock gets a $24-million payday
The close: TSX rises, oil slips as markets focus on Mideast
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Jan. 2.
Six steps to help business leaders stay on task
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Jan. 7: ‘How about defensive pedestrian courses to teach people protective strategies?’ How readers would make roads safer, plus other letters to the editor
Rush-hour traffic heads north on Warden Avenue near the 401 in Scarborough as commuters head home on April 2, 2014.
Toronto saw rebound in home sales last year as prices near record levels
A woman walks past a sold sign on Keele Street near Annette in the Junction Neighbourhood of Toronto on November 11, 2019. /Aaron Vincent Elkaim for The Globe and Mail
The new year is the time to ensure financial plans are on track
Business people working on financial data on a digital tablet. One looks like the manager working with employees, or a financial advisor. It may also be a training session. All are dressed in business casual clothing.
Iran Guard leader threatens to ‘set ablaze’ U.S.-backed places
Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Major General Hossein Salami speaks during a pro-government rally in the capital Tehran's central Enghelab Square on Nov. 25, 2019. (File photo)
Australia’s leaders unmoved on climate action after devastating bushfires
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (C) arrives alongside Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack (L) and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (R) to a press conference at Parliament House on January 6, 2020 in Canberra, Australia.
U.S. prepares for possible Iranian reprisal after drone strike
This photo released by the Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office shows a burning vehicle at the Baghdad International Airport following an air strike on Jan. 3, 2020.
Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime keep Canada in the hunt at ATP Finals
Denis Shapovalov and Félix Auger-Aliassime of Canada celebrate victory in their doubles match against Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies of Germany during day five of the ATP Cup Group Stage at Pat Rafter Arena on January 7, 2020, in Brisbane, Australia.
Vancouver artist Ken Lum awarded Gershon Iskowitz Prize at Art Gallery of Ontario
Vancouver artist Ken Lum.
Death of Iranian general spurs anxiety over fate of U.S. hostages
Babak Namazi, the son of Baquer Namazi who has been held in Iran, testifies before a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington in March. (File photo)
Connor McDavid scores one for the books as Oilers break Leafs’ streak with 6-4 win
Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Justin Holl (right) picks up a penalty on Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid. The Oilers beat the Leafs 6-4 on Jan. 6, 2020.
Crews race to contain wildfires in Australia as estimated damage bill soars
A firefighter keeps an eye on a controlled burn near Burrill Lake, Australia, on Jan. 5, 2020.
Your daily horoscope: January 7
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Weekend Getaway: Vacation like Harry and Meghan in North Saanich, B.C.
If Harry and Meghan come back in the summer, they'll enjoy sunsets like this on the point on Towner Park Bay where they recently stayed.
Hong Kong leader vows to work closely with Beijing’s new envoy
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks at a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on January 7, 2020.
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