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Canadian Lucas Rumball named Toronto Arrows captain for upcoming Major League Rugby season
Team Canada's Lucas Rumball (7) runs with the ball during a test match against Team Russia in Ottawa on Saturday, June 16, 2018. Canada will play Irish powerhouse Leinster in a Rugby World Cup warmup match Aug. 24 at Hamilton's Tim Hortons Field. The game will be part of Leinster's pre-season preparations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Ford eyes up to US$2.5-billion in cost savings this year
FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, photograph, the company logo shines off the grille of an unsold 2019 F-250 pickup truck at a Ford dealership in Littleton, Colo. Ford reports financial earnings on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
U.S. home builder confidence extends rebound in February, NAHB says
A new homes construction begins as others homes stand in a new neighborhood in Grasonville, Maryland, on January 19, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Life, upended: Nine stories from Ukraine’s refugees on starting over after fleeing Russia’s war
03/10/2022 Przemysl, Poland. On March 10, Nataliya Vtoryhina and Varvara waited all night for the bus to Italy.
Western Canada: Study casts doubt on underground communication between trees, fungi
A couple are dwarfed by old growth tress as they walk in Avatar Grove near Port Renfrew, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The federal Competition Bureau has started an inquiry into whether industry claims that vast stretches of Canadian forest are sustainably managed constitute false advertising. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Wednesday - and why
The Suncor Energy Centre picture in downtown Calgary, Alta., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022.
American skier Mikaela Shiffrin splits with long-time coach during world championships
FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin sits next to coach Mike Day, in Zagreb, Croatia, on Jan. 4, 2020. American skiing standout Mikaela Shiffrin had an unexpected parting with her longtime coach, Mike Day, during the middle of the world championships after informing him that she planned to take a new direction with her staff at the end of the season.(AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File)
Developer insolvency rattles Vancouver real estate industry
Home sales in Metro Vancouver rebounded in July, making the traditionally slow selling period the second highest month for demand this year. Homes are pictured in Vancouver, Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Canadian manufacturing and wholesale sales drop in December
An autoworker checks the underside of a Honda CRV, on a production line at a Honda plant in Alliston, Ont., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Human Rights Watch condemns U.K., U.S. actions on Chagos Islands
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 07, 2001 a US Air Force B-1B bomber takes off from the Diego Garcia base on a strike mission against Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom. - International judges will hear arguments on September 3, 2018 to examine the fate of the British-ruled Chagos Islands, home to a strategic joint US military base -- now claimed by Mauritius. In a diplomatic blow to Britain last year, the United Nations adopted a resolution presented by Mauritius and backed by African countries, asking the International Court of Justice to offer an advisory opinion on the island chain's fate. (Photo by Handout / DOD / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE / HO"- NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSHANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images
Oil and mining giant Glencore posts record profit for 2022
FILE - The Glencore headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, April 14, 2011. Mining, oil and metals giant Glencore posted record profits last year on soaring demand for energy. The Swiss-based company said Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023 that it will pay out more than $7 billion to shareholders. Glencore says business rebounded from lows during the coronavirus pandemic and rode a spike in demand for oil and natural gas after Russia invaded Ukraine. (Urs Flueeler/Keystone via AP, file)
Sculptor David Ruben Piqtoukun creates hybrids both fertile and dangerous
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Mesa, Ariz., is the world’s first autism-certified city. A mom and her son find out what that means
IDEA Museum Charlie MacKenzie in noise cancelling headphones at mural CREDIT Jennifer Bain. Mesa Arizona
Private membership network makes a difference for Black women entrepreneurs. Plus, does your workplace need mental health first aid?
Portrait of two stylists standing together in beauty salon looking at camera and smiling
U.S. retail sales post biggest gain in nearly two years in January
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 28, 2022, sales signs are displayed as people shop for bargains at a retail outlet in Los Angeles, California. - Retail sales in the US rebounded in January, according to government data released on February 15, 2023, on improving auto supply as policymakers watch for signs that consumer demand is reliably cooling. Sales bounced by three percent last month to $697.0 billion after two months of contraction, said a Commerce Department report, surprising analyst expectations. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Slain Michigan State students were ‘incredibly loved,’ ‘tremendous’ leaders
Alex Lucido, a close family friend, touches a portrait of Michigan State University student Brian Fraser, who was killed by a gunman the night before on campus in East Lansing, during a vigil at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church in Grosse Pointe, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, for Fraser and other victims of the mass shooting. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP, Pool)
Annual pace of housing starts in Canada fell 13% in January, CMHC says
A Nova Scotia woman who describes herself as "land-rich but cash-poor" has a unique offer for housing developers: take her waterfront property outside of Sydney and build affordable housing – including a unit for her. A construction worker works on a house in a new housing development in Oakville, Ont., Friday, April 29. 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Buchan
In war-torn Idlib, Syrians pick up pieces alone after earthquake
A man sits atop the ruins of a home where his relatives once lived in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in the rebel-held town of Harem, in Idlib governorate, Syria, February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Emilie Madi
Citi analyst cuts price targets for copper, zinc and nickel
Workers at Tenke Fungurume, a copper mine in the southern Congolese province of Katanga, check bundles of copper cathode sheets ready to be loaded and sent out to buyers January 29, 2013.
IT system failure at Lufthansa strands thousands of passengers worldwide
Passengers stand in line after an IT fault at Germany?s Lufthansa causes massive flight delays and disruptions in Frankfurt, Germany, February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Percentage of permanent residents becoming Canadian citizens in decline, Statscan data show
A Canadian passport is pictured in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. StatCan numbers reveal the percentage of permanent residents who become Canadians has plummeted over the past 20 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
IKEA shrinks its climate footprint with help from new light bulbs
FILE PHOTO: A view shows the logo of IKEA on a closed store in Kotelniki outside Moscow, Russia July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Elon Musk donated around US$1.95-billion in Tesla shares last year
FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his security detail depart the company’s local office in Washington, U.S. January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Biden administration’s new EV charger rules stress Made In America, force Tesla changes
FILE - Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022. Tesla will, for the first time, make some of its charging stations available to all U.S. electric vehicles, regardless of make, by the end of next year, under a new plan announced by the White House. The plan will make at least 7,500 chargers from Tesla's Supercharger and Destination Charger network available to non-Tesla EVs, by the end of 2024.(AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
A homeowner quandary: buy first or sell?
A new report says Canada's housing market will see new listings fall in the first quarter of the year before rebounding later and then, slowing to a more modest growth pace in 2024. A real estate sign is displayed in front of a house in the Riverdale area of Toronto on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
Wall Street watchdog shortens time-frame for stock trades, weighs new requirements for crypto investments
People walk past the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 in New York.
Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi acquitted in Bunga Bunga bribery case
FILE PHOTO: Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi speaks during the closing electoral campaign rally of the centre-right's coalition in Piazza del Popolo, ahead of the September 25 general election, in Rome, Italy, September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo
At least 73 migrants presumed dead after shipwreck off Libya, UN agency says
FILE PHOTO: Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Antonio Vitorino visits an information booth at the border checkpoint where people are crossing the border from Ukraine to Poland, after fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Medyka, Poland, March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
China accuses U.S. of flying balloons over Xinjiang and Tibet regions, warns of countermeasures
FILE PHOTO: The flags of the United States and China fly from a lamppost in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Wednesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
A person looks out of a Tim Hortons window in Toronto on Dec. 13, 2021.
Brent Saunders to return as Bausch + Lomb CEO
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MAY 05: Bausch + Lomb eye vitamins are offered for sale at a drug store on May 05, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Bausch + Lomb parent company Bausch Health is spinning off the eye-care company with an upcoming IPO which will list on the New York Stock Exchange and TSX with the ticker symbol “BLCO”. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Resurgent China to drive oil demand in 2023, but supply shortfall possible, IEA says
FILE PHOTO: Pumpjacks are seen during sunset at the Daqing oil field in Heilongjiang province, China August 22, 2019. Picture taken August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Oil steadies as market discounts big U.S. crude storage build
An array of pumpjacks operate Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Odessa, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)
Morning Update: Ottawa bans all research funding with Chinese military institutions
Innovation Minister François-Phillipe Champagne vowed to bring in new national-security rules to better protect cutting-edge science and technology from ending up in the hands of China and other hostile countries. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
‘In a very cold, very dark cell, Navalny received good news’: Canadian director Daniel Roher on the real impact of his Oscar nomination
Alexei Navalny appears in a scene from the documentary "Navalny." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
Three women, two children pulled from rubble in Turkey; some aid reaches Syria
Displaced people receive food aid, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Five concerts and albums to carry you through until spring
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What will B.C. do with its surging carbon-tax revenues?
Premier David Eby arrives with ministers before the start of the swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. B.C. politicians are returning to the legislature for the spring sitting, starting with a throne speech laying out the government's goals for the months ahead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Motorcycle sales are down. Will electric bikes help fix that?
The Suzuki V-Strom 800 will debut at the Toronto Motorcycle Show, which runs from Feb. 17-19, 2023 at the Enercare Centre at Exhibition Place.
Invasion of the traffic cones: Montreal’s pandemic recovery is threatened by poor planning
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Canada’s latest building codes don’t account for more severe climate
Houses are covered with snow as the downtown skyline is seen in the distance, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. The British Columbia Real Estate Association says the chill across the province's real estate sector will drag on through 2023, but it calls for a strong rebound next year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Apple TV+ con-artist thriller Sharper pulls a fast one on audiences
Julianne Moore, right, and Justice Smith in "Sharper," premiering February 17, 2023 on Apple TV+.
Russia declares battlefield gains on eastern front; Ukraine says it shot down balloons over Kyiv
BAKHMUT, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 14: Ukrainian soldiers scan an apartment block after hearing a shot fired while on patrol on February 14, 2023 in Bakhmut, Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have been holding the city as Russian Wagner paramilitary forces press a winter offensive, at great cost to both sides. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
The close: Stocks higher after strong U.S. retail sales data
Ac Canadian flag flies in the Bay Street financial district in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.
Quebec securities regulator executive says watchdog has ‘completely reformed’ its conduct
Rabbi Momi Pinto, his wife and three children filed a complaint against the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) earlier this month, alleging the watchdog’s investigators conducted an unlawful and unreasonable search of their two-storey Montreal home last September. They are seeking compensation for damages worth $230,000, the lawsuit states.
What every Canadian investor needs to know today
FILE PHOTO: A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
Analysts’ forecast returns and recommendations for all stocks in the S&P/TSX Composite Index
The S&P TSX composite index screen at the TMX Market Centre in downtown Toronto is photographed on Friday, November 11, 2022.
Gordon Pape: My RRSP Portfolio didn’t escape the 2022 market turbulence but continues to surpass my target
Faced down by Fed, markets dab 6% onto risk radar
The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington on Jan. 26, 2022.
China retail investors from Gen-Z to retirees sit out stock rally
Investors monitor stock prices at a brokerage in Beijing Tuesday, June 25, 2019.
Pandemic shift to virtual transactions aided real estate fraud in Toronto, experts say
For Sale and Coming Soon realtor sign in front of large brick single family house in expansive snow cover yard in mid winter
If your engine fails, first be honest with yourself if the car is worth saving
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Why mushroom dispensaries are sprouting up across Canada
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Worried you’re getting scammed on dating apps? This former fraudster has some tips
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What Ontario’s self-certified investor pilot program means for advisors and investors
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Insider traders use ETFs to front-run M&A deals, academics say
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 14: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 14, 2023 in New York City. The Dow was down in morning trading following news that the January consumer price index (CPI) report showed that inflation grew at a 6.4% annual rate. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
‘John Tory’s … fingerprints will be all over a plan for which he would bear no responsibility.’ Mayor delays departure for budget, plus other letters to the editor for Feb. 15
Toronto mayor John Tory attends the state funeral for former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Your daily horoscope: February 15
Aquarius.
Jets tip Kraken 3-2 in shootout for third straight win
Feb 14, 2023; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Winnipeg Jets left wing Pierre-Luc Dubois (80) scores on Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer (31) in the shoot out at Canada Life Centre. Mandatory Credit: James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports
Search and rescue team from Burnaby arrives home after aiding Turkish relief efforts
Members of the Turkish Canadian community wait to greet members of the Burnaby Urban Search and Rescue Team upon their return from Turkey, at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. The team of volunteer search and rescue experts, which is mostly comprised of firefighters from Burnaby, deployed to Turkey the day after last week's 7.8 magnitude earthquake. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Yukon premier meets federal ministers over health, calls northern funding ‘critical’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, shakes hands with Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai at the Yukonstruct building in Whitehorse, Yukon, on February 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Thomas.
Toyota founder’s son, who led global growth, dies at 97
Shoichiro Toyoda, right, then chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., and then President Hiroshi Okuda pose with a VISTA, in July, 1998 at a hotel in Tokyo, Japan. Toyoda, who as a son of the company’s founder oversaw Toyota’s expansion into international markets has died. He was 97. (Kyodo News via AP)
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