Investors have pulled billions from Canadian mutual funds in the ...
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Prince Harry Named in Blockbuster Diddy Sex Trafficking LawsuitCarl De Souza / Getty ImagesPrince Harry’s party days with Sean “Diddy” Combs could be coming back to haunt him after it emerged that he was named in court documents filed against the rapper, who is facing a litany of shocking sexual assault allegations in a case being brought by one of his former producers Rodney Jones.Federal law enforcement raided two of Diddy’s properties on Monday as part of an investigation into sex trafficking allegations.While Harry is not accused of any wrongdoing, bein
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Need to improve Canadian productivity has reached emergency level, BoC official saysHALIFAX — A senior Bank of Canada official says the need to improve productivity has reached an emergency level as the economy faces a future where inflation may be more of a threat than in the past few decades. In a speech, senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers says an economy with low productivity can only grow so quickly before inflation sets in. But, she says, an economy with strong productivity can have faster growth, more jobs and higher wages with less risk of inflation. Rogers says when
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Woman who accidentally gave out cannabis edibles to Winnipeg trick-or-treaters sentenced to $5K in finesA woman who accidentally put cannabis candies in bags to hand out on Halloween after running out of loot for trick-or-treaters in 2022 broke down crying in a Winnipeg courtroom on Monday, as a judge asked her to imagine what might have happened if a young child had eaten the drug-laced candy she gave them.Tammy Sigurdur was sentenced to pay a total of $5,000 in fines as part of a joint recommendation accepted by a judge for her role in handing out the cannabis edibles, which court heard were not
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Toronto woman tells carjackers they’re using toy gun: it was realA Toronto woman refused to give up the key to her husband’s Rolls-Royce at gunpoint Saturday telling carjackers they were using a toy gun. The woman told Global News thieves then removed the bullets to prove it was real. As Sean O’Shea reports, the car was stolen after the woman was thrown from the car and she was left with painful bruises.
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Bank of Canada sounds alarm on low productivity, cites inflation risksThe Bank of Canada (BoC) on Tuesday said businesses urgently needed to boost investment to increase productivity, saying this would help insulate the economy against the threat of inflation. "I'm saying that it's an emergency - it's time to break the glass," Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers told a business audience in the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia. "Increasing productivity is a way to protect our economy from future bouts of inflation without having to rely so much on the cure of higher interest rates."
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Calgary judge rules 27-year-old can go ahead with MAID death despite father's concernsA Calgary judge has issued a ruling that clears the way for a 27-year-old woman to receive medical assistance in dying (MAID) despite her father's attempts through the courts to prevent that from happening.A publication ban protects the identities of the parties and the medical professionals. CBC News will identify the daughter as M.V. and the father as W.V.While Justice Colin Feasby acknowledged the "profound grief" that W.V. would suffer with the death of his child, he ruled the loss of M.V.'s
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NFL owners approve a radical overhaul to kickoff rules, AP source says, adopting setup used in XFLORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Kickoff returns are returning to the NFL. Team owners on Tuesday approved a new rule that will take what essentially had become “a dead play” and make it an integral part of the game again, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the league hasn't announced the change. The major overhaul to special teams — which has been in the works for years — takes elements of the kickoff rules used in the
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Trump’s Net Worth Hits $6.5 Billion, Making Him One of World’s 500 Richest People(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s business empire was supposed to be in peril like never before on Monday. Instead, it turned into the single-greatest day on record for the former president’s wealth. Most Read from BloombergTrump Vows to Pay Fraud Trial Bond Cut by 68% to $175 MillionTrump’s Net Worth Hits $6.5 Billion, Making Him One of World’s 500 Richest PeopleAfter Exposing Realtors, Eliminate the Mortgage Interest DeductionUS CEOs Extend China Stay on Last-Minute Invite to Meet XiMahathir Sons