Quadriga Seeks Creditor Protection In Wake Of Founder’S Sudden Death And Missing $190 Million In Cryptocurrency

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Tough love: How to make Canada competitive on the global stage: Martin Pelletier


Martin Pelletier: Governments have fostered a culture of fair-share entitlement rather than motivating innovators to make the most of the rules

OSFI under pressure by banks, industry lobbyists to ease mortgage stress test: sources: Reuters


Supporters of easing say the stress test should be flexible and adjusted to account for interest rate moves and market conditions

Quadriga seeks creditor protection in wake of founder’s sudden death and missing $190 million in cryptocurrency: The Canadian Press


After founder’s death, Quadriga employees have been unable to locate or access cryptocurrencies worth roughly $190-million

Ottawa says Ford government’s call to drop retaliatory tariffs against U.S. would equal ‘unilateral surrender’: The Canadian Press


Federal Economic Development Minister says Ottawa has been hard at work pressuring the U.S. to drop their tariffs while Ontario has been nowhere to be seen

Vancouver home sales fall nearly 40% in slowest January in 10 years: The Canadian Press


Benchmark price drops to $1,019,600

Vancouver home sales fall nearly 40 per cent in January, as prices pull back: The Canadian Press


Vancouver’s once red-hot housing market continued to cool last month as the number of home sales fell

CPPIB among investors buying Ultimate Software for $11 billion: Reuters


Ultimate Software sells software to companies to help manage their employees

Peter MacKay: U.S.-China trade war traps Canada between ‘rock and hard place’ — and it could get worse: Larysa Harapyn


MacKay discusses Huawei, China’s backlash against Canada and how our country is rapidly losing much-needed global trading partners

Short sellers renew bets against Canadian banks in 2019 — so far they’re paying a high price: Victor Ferreira


'Everyone's walking on eggshells': Short interest in the big Canadian banks now stands at US$11.39 billion

Bill Gross, the Bond King that racked up one of the longest winning streaks of any money manager, retires: Bloomberg News


A former gambler, he became a bond manager almost by accident

High Tide signs letter of intent with Ontario cannabis store lottery winner: The Canadian Press


High Tide has seven Canna Cabana cannabis stores in Alberta

Huawei fades from U.S. headlines, but still looms large over Trump’s trade talks with China: The Canadian Press


Analysis: The U.S. is in the middle of a broad, multi-pronged, long-term effort to blunt China's economic, geopolitical and military might and Huawei is an important component

These are the eight sources of retirement income you need to know about: Ted Rechtshaffen


Ted Rechtshaffen: Hopefully you have many of these, but be careful — the more sources of income, the more complicated your tax planning becomes

Short sellers renew bets against Canadian banks in 2019 — so far they’re paying a high price: Victor Ferreira


'Everyone's walking on eggshells': Short interest in the big Canadian banks now stands at US$11.39 billion

Meridian Credit Union eyes spring launch for new digital bank: Geoff Zochodne


Motusbank will offer the usual slate of banking products, such as chequing and savings accounts, loans and lines of credit, ATMs and mortgages

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Officials: Detroit auto show attendee diagnosed with rubella - Financial Post:


Officials: Detroit auto show attendee diagnosed with rubella Financial Post DETROIT — Michigan health officials say people who attended the North American International Auto Show in Detroit might have been exposed to the viral... View full coverage on Google …

Ontario government fines Costco $7 million after illegal pharmacy kickbacks: The Canadian Press


TORONTO — Ontario’s government has fined Costco more than $7 million after finding that the company accepted illegal kickbacks at 29 pharmacies in warehouses across the province from 2013 to 2015. The Ontario Ministry of Health announced Friday it would penal…

‘I’ve had a helluva ride in life’: Ron Joyce, Tim Hortons co-founder, dead at 88: Joe O'Connor


Grew the doughnut chain into an iconic Canadian brand and added double-double to the Canadian lexicon

‘Resistance is futile’ in slow march to open banking in Canada: Kevin Carmichael


Already in use in most other developed economies, our legacy financial institutions are still dragging their heels

Terence Corcoran: CBC admits it wrongly reported hyped-up insurance 'climate risks': Mike Rivero


The Insurance Bureau of Canada’s decades-long campaign to raise alarms about the ravages of floods continued last week with an appearance by Blair Feltmate, a favourite star climate-change witness for the biggest insurers, at the Lake Simcoe Region Conservati…


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