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CPP Investments earned 3.4% in latest quarter, net assets grew to $590.8 billion
TORONTO – The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says its fund earned a net return of 3.4 per cent in its latest quarter. CPP Investments chief executive John Graham says strong performance of global equity and fixed income markets during the final months of calendar 2023 contributed to the fund’s continued growth. The fund ended ... Read More »
Cubs looking for consistency ahead of final regular season weekend
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb With playoff hockey around the corner, the Medicine Hat Cubs look to find their stride in the final weekend. The Cubs head into their final two games of the regular season off an 8-6 loss Wednesday at the Kinplex to the High River Flyers, who they face again Friday. Head coach Randy Wong says ... Read More »
When cutting expenses isn’t enough: Experts weigh in on how to increase your income
TORONTO – As many Canadians try to squeeze every last dollar out of their budget to cope with the soaring cost of living, financial experts say cutting expenses to the bone is not always a viable option and they should instead focus on increasing their income. Slashing expenses is never a long-term solution and can ... Read More »
Judge sets March trial date in Donald Trump’s New York hush-money case
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting on March 25, a judge ruled Thursday, turning aside requests for a delay from the former president’s defense lawyers. In leaving the trial date intact, Judge Juan Manuel Merchan took advantage of a delay in a separate prosecution ... Read More »
Blue Jackets fire GM Jarmo Kekalainen midway through his 11th full season
The Columbus Blue Jackets fired general manager Jarmo Kekalainen on Thursday, ending his time on the job after more than a decade. President of hockey operations John Davidson made the call midway through Kekalainen’s 11th full season on the job. Kekalainen was the third-longest tenured GM in the NHL. Davidson and the hockey operations team ... Read More »
Einarson’s curling team drives for five at Canadian women’s championship
Kerri Einarson agrees with a saying in sport that it is more difficult to stay on top than to get there. Winner of four straight Canadian women’s curling championships, the Manitoba skip says each title has been progressively harder to claim. The fifth could be the toughest yet. “Absolutely. Everyone is gunning for you, but ... Read More »
Team-by-team look at 2024 Canadian women’s curling championship field
CALGARY – A team-by-team look at the field for the Canadian women’s curling championship Feb. 16-25 at Calgary’s WinSport International Arena. Teams seeded via Curling Canada’s Canadian Team Rankings system. Team members listed from third to lead. POOL A Kerri Einarson – Canada Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris. Gimli Curling Club, Manitoba Winner of ... Read More »
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales down 0.7% in December
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell in December, weighed down by production slowdowns for retooling at some auto assembly plants in Ontario. The agency says manufacturing sales fell 0.7 per cent to $71.2 billion in December compared with a 1.5 per cent increase in November. Sales of motor vehicles fell 13.5 per cent ... Read More »
Ben Affleck inspired J.Lo’s first album in a decade. She’s using it to poke fun at her romantic past
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Throughout her career, Jennifer Lopez has been hailed as an epochal, prolific and hard-working artist. One adjective not often associated with the pop icon-turned-actor and movie producer, however, is self-deprecating. But as she readies to drop her first studio album in a decade, Lopez is performing a kind of fictionalized mea ... Read More »
Gunfire at Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration kills 1 and wounds nearly two dozen, including children
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A historic railway station on the edge of downtown Kansas City became the latest backdrop for a mass shooting as gunfire near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration sent terrified fans scrambling for cover and left 21 people wounded – including at least eight children – ... Read More »
Dakota Johnson and S.J. Clarkson and find the psychological thriller in ‘Madame Web’
LOS ANGELES (AP) – One of the first things that struck director S.J. Clarkson about “Madame Web” was that this was a superhero who did not have superhuman strength. And unlike Batman, she couldn’t just buy herself some. No, Cassandra Webb has a different kind of power: Clairvoyance. This, the veteran television director found interesting. ... Read More »
