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Market Watch: Jan. 24, 2025
This week's highlightsEquity markets move higher even as trade and growth issues simmerBond markets tread water amid interest rate uncertaintyCanada's annual inflation rate drops to 1.8% in December o...
Jan 27, 2025

Police divers recover body from sunken vehicle after Yukon ice-fishing tragedy
WHITEHORSE - Yukon RCMP say one person is dead after a vehicle plunged into a lake in an ice-fishing tragedy over the weekend. Police say in a news release they received a call around 1 a.m. on Saturd...
Jan 27, 2025

Quebec police chiefs calling for increased caution in school zones as accidents rise
MONTREAL - An association representing Quebec's police chiefs is sounding the alarm that the number of collisions involving children transported by school bus has climbed back to levels seen before th...
Jan 27, 2025

B.C. firm seeks injunction stopping capital gains hike proposed by federal Liberals
A law firm acting on behalf of a B.C. company is seeking an injunction stopping the Canada Revenue Agency from enforcing a proposed capital gains tax hike that has yet to pass in Parliament. Thorstein...
Jan 27, 2025

Islanders acquire defenseman Scott Perunovich in a trade with the Blues
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The New York Islanders made another addition to their blue line Monday, acquiring defenseman Scott Perunovich from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a conditional fifth-round pick i...
Jan 27, 2025

Former Canada under-20 captain Nikayla Small signs with NSL's AFC Toronto
Former Canada under-20 captain Nikayla Small has signed with AFC Toronto, staying close to home in the new Northern Super League. The 21-year-old midfielder from Pickering, Ont., arrives from Wake For...
Jan 27, 2025

Earthquake rattles houses in Maine and is felt hundreds of miles away
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) - A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away...
Jan 27, 2025

Canada's border security package welcome but comes late, Republican senator says
WASHINGTON - A prominent Republican senator says Canada's recent investment in border security - announced in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threat - is tardy but welcome. James Risc...
Jan 27, 2025

Pastrnak, McTavish, Hayton named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Boston Bruins right-wing David Pastrnak, Anaheim Ducks centre Mason McTavish and Utah Hockey Club centre Barrett Hayton are the NHL's three stars of the week. Pastrnak was named the week's ...
Jan 27, 2025

Pedneault intends to become co-leader of the Greens again after six-month pause
OTTAWA - Jonathan Pedneault says he intends to return as co-leader of the Green Party of Canada. He says that the party has asked him to return to co-leadership with Elizabeth May after he stepped bac...
Jan 27, 2025