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Power producer Boralex conducting strategic review of alternatives
Power producer Boralex conducting strategic review of alternatives

MONTREAL — Boralex Inc. says its board of directors has formed a special committee to review and recommend strategic alternatives. Strategic reviews are often used by companies considering a sale. Boralex...

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Retirees, Should You Take RMDs Early in the Year or Wait?

Within a given year, is there any advantage to taking your required minimum distributions as soon as you can, or taking it down to the wire and pulling the distribution in late December? Or is it better...

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'Hoodie-gate': Is David Eby qualified as fashion police after dressing down B.C. MLA?

VICTORIA — Style advisor Dale Olsen says he doesn't distinguish between party colours, but he doubts British Columbia Premier David Eby is well qualified to act as the fashion police. Eby thrust political...

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Manitoba government hands down budget amid health care, affordability concerns

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is set to deliver its annual budget today, with a focus on affordability and health care. Property taxes have been rising in many areas, and a government source tells...

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Air Canada plane crash at New York airport may add to travel fears: psychologist

After the fatal Air Canada plane collision at a New York City airport on Sunday, travellers may experience an initial spike in anxiety that for some could reinforce existing concerns about flying, one...

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Tariff-hit industries struggling as trade war drags into second year

TORONTO — From rolled steel to kitchen cabinets, Canadian businesses hit by targeted U.S. tariffs are struggling to respond as the trade war drags into its second year. While most exports continue to...

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Average Canadian farmland values soar again, but uplift uneven across country

Agricultural land prices in Canada continued to climb last year, but some regions saw more of an increase than others, says a new report by Farm Credit Canada. Canadian farmland values rose an average...

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The Latest: Trump raises hopes for war to wind down but no sign of reduced fighting

Hopes rose that the Iran war could begin winding down as U.S. President Donald Trump said that his government was holding productive talks with Tehran, but fighting showed no signs of slowing and Iran...

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Workers' job market gloom has increased dramatically over the past few years, Gallup survey finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans' outlook on the job market has turned increasingly pessimistic, a surprisingly negative shift given the low unemployment rate but one that likely reflects an ongoing hiring...

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Stories of survival emerge from deadly New York airport collision as officials investigate its cause

NEW YORK (AP) — Moments after an Air Canada jet collided at high speed with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing the pilots and hurling a flight attendant from the aircraft, the passengers...

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