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New Gold sells 46 per cent cash flow stake in New Afton mine to pension fund
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Canadian dollar firms as investors shun weaker economies on spreading virus
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
Ride-hailing increases emissions, contributes to climate pollution, study finds
FILE PHOTO: A passenger enters an Uber car in New York City, New York, U.S., December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jefferson Siegel/File Photo
U.K. court told Assange tried to contact White House, Hillary Clinton over data dump
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, on Jan. 13, 2020.
Apple, J&J to study if Apple Watch can help reduce stroke risk
FILE PHOTO: An Apple Store employee shows the new Series 5 Apple Watch during the preview of the redesigned and reimagined Apple Fifth Avenue store in New York, U.S., September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Nova Scotia budget opens spending taps as province faces flattening economy
Nova Scotia Finance Minister Karen Casey speaks at the legislature in Halifax, on Feb. 25, 2020.
Inquiry finds British politicians turned blind eye to child sex abuse, covered up allegations for decades
People walk on Westminster Bridge near Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain, on Feb. 1, 2020.
Horror publisher Michael Kelly has built a small-press success story specializing in ‘weird fiction’
Author and publisher of Undertow Publications Michael Kelly takes a breather at Sunnybrook Park in Toronto on Feb. 4, 2020.
Japan’s ANA orders 15 more Boeing 787 Dreamliners worth $5-billion at list prices
FILE - In this Sunday, April 28, 2013 file photo, a Boeing 787 plane of the All Nippon Airways, ANA, prepares to land after a test flight at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Japanese carrier ANA is ordering 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, bringing its fleet of the planes to 103 by 2025. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
Ottawa extends deadline for companies to submit proposals for replacing Canada’s aging CF-18s
A CF-18 takes off from CFB Bagotville, in a June 7, 2018, file photo.
Market movers: Stocks that saq action on Tuesday - and why
Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
Hot Pockets heir gets five-month prison sentence in U.S. college-admissions scam
Michelle Janavs leaves the federal courthouse in Boston, Mass., on March 29, 2019.
U.S. home prices rise 2.9 per cent in December on low rates, inventory
FILE - This April 13, 2019, file photo, shows rows of homes, in suburban Salt Lake City. Heightened investor jitters about slowing global economic growth and the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China have driven bond prices higher, sending the yield on the 10-year Treasury note to the lowest level since October 2016. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Scotland approves plan to make sanitary products free for all women
About 70 years after the invention of disposable tampons and sanitary pads, some women, primarily millennials, are choosing environmentally friendly forms of feminine products. (June 2)
China sentences Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison
FILE - In this June 18, 2016, file photo, a picture of missing bookseller Gui Minhai is shown on a placard beside freed Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, as the protesters are marching to the Chinese central government's liaison office in Hong Kong. A court in eastern China announced Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, that it has sentenced Gui, a naturalized Swedish citizen, to 10 years in prison. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
No checkout needed: Amazon opens cashier-less grocery store
In this Feb. 21, 2020 photo, a sign tells shoppers how to check in when they enter an Amazon Go Grocery store set to open soon in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Following the opening of several smaller convenience-type stores using an app and cashier-less technology to tally shoppers' selections, the store will be the first Amazon Go full-sized cashier-less grocery store. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Placido Domingo apologizes to accusers after union finds he ‘engaged in ​inappropriate activity’
In this file photo taken on Oct. 15, 2019, Spanish tenor Placido Domingo speaks during a news conference in Moscow.
Which countries produce the best wines at good prices?
Woman deciding what wine to buy and shopping in supermarket
Thomson Reuters names new CEO, hikes dividend as it reports better-than-expected earnings
Newly announced Thomson Reuters president and chief executive officer Steve Hasker is seen in Toronto, on Feb. 24, 2020.
Former Soviet defence minister Dmitry Yazov dies at 95
In this file photo taken on April 14, 1993, former Soviet defence minister Dimitry Yazov, right, is seen outside the Supreme Court, at the end of the second day of the August Coup plotters' trial in Moscow.
Germany increases security at some carnival processions after car drives into crowd
Police officers stand near the crash site in Volkmarsen, Germany, on Feb. 25, 2020, one day after a car ploughed into a Carnival parade, injuring several people.
Four Malaysian parties call for election, reject Mahathir Mohamad’s proposal for unity government
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad looks on as he leaves the National Palace, in Kuala Lumpur, on Feb. 24, 2020.
Top U.S. index fund firms backed ‘overpaid’ CEOs: study
Companies will have to provide investors with a ratio showing how the median pay of their work force squares with their chief executive officers’ compensation.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu revives settlement plan opponents say cuts off East Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a situation assessment meeting at the Health Ministry, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Feb. 23, 2020.
Afternoon commuter trains disrupted, cancelled after fresh rail protests near Toronto
Protestors block rail lines in Hamilton, Ontario, in response to the Wet'suwet'en and Tyendinaga protests, February 25, 2020. Photo by Brett Gundlock
Joe Biden’s presidential bid faces definitive moment in South Carolina
Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden speaks at the First in the South Dinner, in Charleston, S.C., on Feb. 24, 2020.
Field of candidates hoping to lead German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party narrows
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 21, 2020.
Mallinckrodt to settle opioid claims for $1.6-billion, generic unit to file Chapter 11
FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist holds prescription painkiller Hydrocodine Bitartrate and Acetaminopohen, 7.5mg/325mg pills, made by Mallinckrodt at a local pharmacy, in Provo, Utah, U.S., April 25, 2017. REUTERS/George Frey
Turkish-backed rebels seize town in Syria’s Idlib province, officials say
Turkish-backed Syrian fighters rest on an artillery gun in the town of Sarmin, on Feb. 24, 2020.
Warren Buffett: ‘Reaching for yield is really stupid. But it is very human’
In this May 5, 2019, file photo Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during a game of bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb.
Aimia reports operating loss ahead of board overhaul
Aimia chairman of the board Robert Brown is pictured prior to a special shareholders meeting Montreal on Tuesday, January 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to step down, insider Miebach tapped
Mastercard President and CEO Ajay Banga speaks to attendees during the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity Summit in Manhattan, New York, U.S., July 31, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Clashes break out as Greek islanders try to block access to migrant camp building sites
Riot police walk on a road near the town of Madamados as demonstrators protesting against the construction of a new controversial migrant camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, on February 25, 2020. - Riot police were dispatched to the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios on February 25 as the government ploughed ahead with the construction of controversial new migrant camps, officials said. At the harbours of both islands, where hundreds of local residents had gathered, police used tear gas to clear the way for security force reinforcements and construction machinery, a police source told AFP. (Photo by MANOLIS LAGOUTARIS / AFP) (Photo by MANOLIS LAGOUTARIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Macy’s quarterly profit, sales beat estimates on holiday lift
FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2019, file photo a shopper leaves Macy's department store with bags in both hands during Black Friday shopping in New York. Macy's reports financial results on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
EU foresees ‘very hard’ talks with Britain on post-Brexit ties
A Union flag flies next to the flag of the European Union in Westminster, London, Britain June 24, 2016.
Iraq reports four cases of coronavirus amid fear of Iran epidemic spillover
A medical team checks on travellers at the Shalamjah border crossing, some 15 kms southeast of the city of Basra, upon their return from Iran on February 21, 2020. - Iran reported two more deaths among 13 new cases of coronavirus in the Islamic republic, bringing the total number of deaths to four and infections to 18. Following the announcement, Iraq clamped down on travel to and from the Islamic republic. The health ministry in Baghdad said people from Iran had been barred from entering Iraq "until further notice". (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP) (Photo by HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)
Morning Update: From Teck to GasLink to the carbon tax, a look at energy and climate news
NOT TO BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION -- CHECK WITH M. FREHNER OR T. SUZUKI (COPYRIGHT ISSUES) -- Exploration and development camp at the Frontier Project. Handout Teck Resources https://www.teck.com/media/2008_Operations_Frontier_Equinox__Proposed_Development_Plan_T1.10.pdf
Author Linda Melvern’s Intent to Deceive details the planned genocide of the Rwandan Tutsi – and subsequent efforts to deny it
Family photos of some of those who died hang on display in an exhibition at the Kigali Genocide Memorial centre in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on April 5, 2019. Rwanda commemorated the 25th anniversary of the country's descent into an orgy of violence in which some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred by the majority Hutu population over a 100-day period in what was the worst genocide in recent history. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Is wood the new steel and concrete?
A 14-storey academic building made of wood is to be built on top of the Goldring Centre (all renderings courtesy of MJMA and Patkau Architects)
Oil slips for third day as virus fears outweigh supply cuts
FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Gazprom Neft's oil refinery in Omsk, Russia February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko/File Photo
Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
Home Depot’s same-store sales surge in final quarter of 2019
In this Monday, Jan. 27, 2020 photo a passer-by, below left, walks toward an entrance to a Home Depot store location, in Boston. Home Depot Inc. reports financial results on Tuesday, Feb. 25. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak dies at 91
(FILES) A file photo taken on September 29, 2010 shows Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during a meeting with US Central Command General James Mattis at the presidential palace in Cairo. - Egypt's former long-time president Hosni Mubarak died on February 25, 2020, at the age 91 at Cairo's Galaa military hospital, his brother-in-law General Mounir Thabet told AFP. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)
Are Canada’s consumer debt fears overblown? (A Scotiabank economist thinks they’re ‘highly exaggerated’)
Michael Babad
‘Don’t be a jerk’: Victoria Turk’s new book Kill Reply All is a comprehensive guide to online etiquette
Illustration for Pursuits section of Victoria Turk.
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
Traders work during the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 24, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. - Wall Street stocks finished with steep losses February 24, 2020, joining a global rout on mounting worries that the coronavirus will derail economic growth. At the closing bell, the benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 3.6 percent at 27,962.91, a drop of more than 1,000 points and the biggest loss in a session in more than two years. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)
Advisory board: Executives share their tales of defeat and what they learned
Failure is an option. No one sets out to fail. But it happens—sometimes spectacularly. We talked to 8 entrepreneurs about their biggest business catastrophes, lessons learned, and how flaming out made them better leaders
Tuesday’s small-cap stocks to watch
The close: TSX suffers worst drop in 4 years as virus spread sends global investors fleeing
A specialist rests his head in his hand as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Feb. 25.
University of Guelph faculty demand transparent probe into school’s handling of Scott-Thomas allegations
Coach Dave Scott-Thomas keeps an eye on the course as members of Guelph's Speed River track and field club workout Sep. 21, 2011.
Feb. 25: ‘Protesters advocating against the Coastal GasLink pipeline seem to have no understanding of the issues.’ Readers react as one blockade comes down, plus other letters to the editor
Supporters of the indigenous Wet'suwet'en Nation's hereditary chiefs block access to the Port of Vancouver as part of protests against the Coastal GasLink pipeline, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
Recognizing the recognition deficit: Forty per cent of the work force doesn’t feel valued
Paula Allen - Morneau Sheppell
Six under-the-radar stock picks for investors’ portfolios
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Telesat CEO Daniel Goldberg on how disrupters such as Netflix kicked the company into high gear
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Hong Kong extends school suspension until April 20 to control spread of coronavirus
A child plays in a playground of a public housing estate while wearing a mask as a precautionary measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Hong Kong on February 23, 2020.
Thousands caught in floods in Indonesia’s sinking capital
A man wearing a plastic sheet travels along a flooded street at Pondok Maharta residence, South Tangerang, near Jakarta, Indonesia on Feb. 25, 2020.
Trump defends Modi, refuses to weigh in on India’s controversial citizenship law
Riot police walk along a road scattered with stones following clashes between supporters and opponents of a new citizenship law, at Bhajanpura area of New Delhi, on Feb. 24, 2020.
Chanting Wet’suwet’en supporters defy injunction; return to B.C. legislature
Wet’suwet’en supporters form a line to halt the progress of a police vehicle at the B.C. legislature in Victoria, Monday, Feb.24, 2020. They are there in defiance of a court injunction restricting the blockage of entrances to the building.
Canadian men’s basketball team falls to Dominican Republic 88-84 in OT at FIBA AmeriCup qualifiers
Your daily horoscope: February 25
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South Korea to test 200,000 members of church at centre of coronavirus outbreak
Pedestrians wearing face masks walk in front of the Daegu branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in the southeastern city of Daegu on on February 24, 2020. - South Korea reported 161 more coronavirus cases on February 24, taking the nationwide total to 763 and making it the world's largest total outside China. The country has seen a rapid surge in the number of coronavirus cases -- adding more than 700 cases in less than a week -- since a cluster of infections emerged from a religious sect in the southern city of Daegu.
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