SNC-Lavalin conducting strategic review to optimize portfolio of businesses
MONTREAL – SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. announced it is conducting a strategic review to optimize its portfolio of businesses as it reported a loss in its fourth...
Merit Functional Foods closes
Merit Functional Foods, a home-grown high-tech producer of pea and canola protein, has closed and is in receivership. The locally owned operation was once heralded as...
China accuses US of attacking companies after export curbs
BEIJING (AP) — China accused Washington on Friday of improperly attacking Chinese companies after genetics analysis giant BGI Group and 17 others were hit with curbs...
Police: Illegal refinery blast in Nigeria kills at least 12
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An explosion and fire near an illegal oil refinery site in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region killed at least 12 people Friday, police...
Toronto-area home prices down 18% from last February, sales halved: board
TORONTO – Greater Toronto Area home prices fell almost 18 per cent from last February as the number of properties sold was halved, the region’s real...
Need a Lenten fish fry? Let an interactive map point the way
WEXFORD, Pa. (AP) — By the time the doors open at 4:30 p.m., a boisterous line of 50 hungry people is looping around the gymnasium foyer...
Asian stocks follow Wall St higher on interest rate hopes
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Friday after a Federal Reserve official raised hopes the U.S. central bank might not step up...
Officials: China real estate recovering from debt crackdown
BEIJING (AP) — China’s vast real estate industry is recovering from a slump triggered by tighter debt controls, a deputy central bank governor said Friday, after...
Tesla gets $330M tax deal for Nevada expansion, truck plant
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tesla won more than $330 million in tax breaks from Nevada on Thursday for the company’s commitment to a massive expansion of...
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,758.34, up 17.90 points): Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU)....