Monthly Archive: May 2018

Despite a lot of change in the retail environment the REIT said its occupancy rates are around historic highs

It started with a fancy watch nabbed at Halifax’s international airport. But newly released search warrants have revealed the intricate sleuthing that led immigration officials to dive deeply into how hundreds of business immigrants used the same home address in P.E.I. On Monday, charges were laid alleging siblings Ping Zhong and her brother, Yi Zhong, […]

TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose on the strength of the energy sector today as the price of oil surged more than three per cent following America’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear accord. The S&P/TSX composite index rose 68.10 points to 15,910.81, with shares in the energy sector being among the top three performers […]

DENVER — Mexico and the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada face a better-than-even possibility of getting less water from the Colorado River in 2020 because of a persistent drought, water managers said Wednesday. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which manages the river, released projections showing a 52 per cent chance the river’s biggest reservoir, […]

‘Every company in the gas space is looking at it – they’re not naïve about this’

TORONTO — European financial technology company TransferWise is planning a Canadian launch next year for its borderless debit card, which allows users to hold balances in multiple currencies and spend it at home and abroad with lower foreign exchange fees than traditional banks. TransferWise CEO and co-founder Kristo Kaarmann says the card, which was launched […]

The company announced a strategic review early last month in response to two acquisition proposals from the same suitor

The central bank qualifying rate is separate from the actual mortgage rates offered by banks, but is used to assess homebuyers who are seeking loans

Artificial intelligence has a new challenge: Whether and how to alert people who may not know they’re talking to a robot. On Tuesday, Google showed off a computer assistant that makes convincingly human-sounding phone calls , at least in its prerecorded demonstration. But the real people in those calls didn’t seem to be aware they […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California moved a step closer Wednesday to requiring solar panels on new homes and low-rise apartment buildings starting in 2020, the first such mandate nationwide and the state’s latest step to curb greenhouse gas emissions. “Adoption of these standards represents a quantum leap in statewide building standards,” said Robert Raymer, technical director […]