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John Risley’s CFFI Ventures moves $1.4-billion debt restructuring to Federal Court after creditor pushback
A dispute over the future of John Risley’s CFFI Ventures Inc. has intensified as the company shifted its $1.4-billion debt restructuring into federal court following challenges from creditors who opposed a plan that would have handed the company’s assets to its largest lender. The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia last week granted CFFI’s request to…
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Bus driver in Laval, Que., daycare crash deemed a high-risk accused
Pierre Ny St-Amand, the man who drove a bus into a Laval daycare in 2023, killing two young children and injuring six others, has been declared a high-risk accused.
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Bank of Canada expected to hold interest rates as nation faces trade uncertainty, global conflict
The escalating conflict in the Middle East and ongoing trade tensions have pushed talk about whether the Bank of Canada might raise interest rates on Wednesday to the sidelines. Economists expect the key overnight interest rate will be held at 2.25 per cent, with some believing the current pause will last longer, even as markets…
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‘Long overdue’ remembrance: WW I veteran’s name to go on Guelph, Ont., cenotaph 100 years after death
Ranald (Big Mac) Macdonald of Guelph, Ont., fought in the First World War but his name doesn’t appear on the city’s cenotaph. Now, it will be added to the Guelph War Memorial with a small ceremony expected before Remembrance Day.
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Back to the fax? Doctors say Ottawa’s plans to axe prescription software leaves them in limbo
A pair of Ontario family doctors say they may have to go back to sending patient prescriptions to pharmacies by fax because a federally funded agency is doing away with an electronic system, with no clear plans for its replacement.
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Posthaste: Even Americans are getting fed up with Donald Trump’s tariffs
Americans are souring on Donald Trump’s tariffs even as the U.S. president scrambles to find new ways to impose the levies after his defeat in the Supreme Court. Trump’s main tariff tool was struck down last month when the court ruled the president did not have the authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.…
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Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 1.8% in February, war’s impact not yet reflected
Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 1.8 per cent in February, Statistics Canada said on Monday.
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Life-threatening complications overlooked in weeks after childbirth, researchers say
New Canadian research suggests close to a third of life-threatening complications linked to pregnancy and childbirth happen to women during the first six weeks following a delivery — a time when mothers typically experience far less medical tracking and support than they did during pregnancy.