TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up in late-morning trading, helped by strength in the energy sector as the price of oil also climbed higher.In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 141.13 points at 39,356.41. The S&P 500 index was up 8.84 points at 5,353.00, while the Nasdaq composite was up 88.66 points at 16,833.96.The September crude oil contract was up US$1.48 at US$78.32 per barrel and the September natural gas contract was up three cents at US$2.17 per mmBTU.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded barbs with his defence minister on Monday, underscoring the deep internal splits that continue to plague the government as the war in Gaza risks spilling out into a wider regional conflict. Following Israeli media reports quoting Defence Minister Yoav Gallant dismissing Netanyahu's war aim of total victory against the Islamist movement Hamas in Gaza as "nonsense", Netanyahu's office put out a statement rebuking Gallant.
“Catfish” star Nev Schulman said he’s lucky to have survived a crash last week involving his bike and a truck on Long Island. “ I broke my neck,” he posted on Instagram alongside photos from Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. “ C5 and C6 to be exact. Stable fractures. I’m not paralyzed.” Schulman said he was on the way to picking up his son from school Monday when the crash occurred. What ...
Media advisory - The Minister of National Revenue to highlight federal investment into an innovative battery project in Sherbrooke The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of National Revenue, accompanied by Elisabeth Brière, Member of Parliament for Sherbrooke and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, will highlight a federal investment in a ground-breaking project in battery innovation. A tour of the factory will take place with representatives of Calogy Solutions.