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TORONTO — The $60-million acquisition of the Torstar Corp. newspaper group by NordStar Capital LP was approved by shareholders Tuesday, despite a rival group's last-minute offer to increase its cash bid.

BRUSSELS — After four days and nights of wrangling, exhausted European Union leaders finally clinched a deal on an unprecedented 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.

A self-described “anti-feminist” lawyer found dead in the Catskills of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound is the prime suspect in the shooting of a federal judge's family in New Jersey, the FBI said Monday.

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel stars Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Howard Kurtz were accused of sexual harassment by a frequent on-air guest in a lawsuit filed Monday that the network called frivolous and untrue.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,183.66, up 60.18 points.) Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Down 33 cents, or 0.79 per cent, to $41.28 on 11.2 million shares.

Christmas is coming early to a Canadian Tire in New Brunswick.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index moved higher Monday as gold prices rose and North American markets digested news about a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 60.18 points at 16,183.

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MONTREAL — The purchase offer for Cirque du Soleil from its secured creditors risks eliminating Quebec's longstanding presence as a shareholder and causing losses of tens of millions of dollars to two of the province's largest institutional investors

TORONTO — A Bank of Canada economist says the current economic recovery could be different than the recovery from the financial crisis of 2008.