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Aurora files shelf prospectus to gain continued financial flexibility
EDMONTON - Aurora Cannabis has completed the previously filed At-The-Market program and therefore has filed a new preliminary short form base shelf prospectus with securities regulators in most of Can...
Oct 27, 2020

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11:50 a.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada's COVID Alert app is up to 4.8 million downloads. But, he says, Canada is n...
Oct 27, 2020

One more huge chip deal in 2020; AMD buys Xilinx for $35B
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Advanced Micro Devices is buying Xilinx for $35 billion in an all-stock deal that will combine the two Silicon Valley chip makers and accelerate an already rapid-fire pace of merger...
Oct 27, 2020

BP reports 3Q earnings plunge amid falling demand
LONDON - BP plc says third-quarter earnings plunged 96% as the COVID-19 pandemic reduced energy prices and demand. The London-based oil company said Tuesday that profits, excluding one-time items and ...
Oct 27, 2020

Canada-U. S. refugee pact to remain in place until court challenge is resolved
OTTAWA - A judge says a refugee pact between Canada and the United States will remain in place until a full legal hearing of the measure is resolved.In a new ruling, Federal Court of Appeal Justice Da...
Oct 27, 2020

Poll suggests Canadians skittish on future immigration increases as pandemic persists
OTTAWA - New data suggests that Canadians are feeling skittish about any future increases in immigration levels for the next 12 months. Fifty-two per cent of those polled by Leger and the Associ...
Oct 27, 2020

Fredericton shooter Mathew Raymond testifies in his defence at murder trial
FREDERICTON - The man on trial for the 2018 Fredericton mass shooting has begun testifying in his own defence. Matthew Raymond is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the Aug. 10, 2018 d...
Oct 27, 2020

Stop the music! Chorus of artists tell Trump to turn it down
LOS ANGELES - From the beloved, "heard there was a secret chord" opening lines of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" to the rousing, children's-choir conclusion of the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get ...
Oct 27, 2020

Hospital and health-care staff in Alberta to return to work today
EDMONTON - Hospital and health-care staff are to return to work today after the Alberta Labour Relations Board ruled they acted illegally when walking off the job to protest recent cuts.In a decision ...
Oct 27, 2020

Blowin' in the wind: Lost interviews hold new Dylan insights
For nearly half a century, they were blowin' in the wind: lost interviews that contained surprising new insights about celebrated singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Transcripts of the 1971 interviews with t...
Oct 27, 2020