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Cronos: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
STAYNER, Ontario (AP) — STAYNER, Ontario (AP) — Cronos Group Inc. (CRON) on Tuesday reported profit of $8.3 million in its third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Stayner, Ontario-based company said it had profit of 2 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 2...
CVB Financial: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — CVB Financial Corp. (CVBF) on Wednesday reported third-quarter profit of $51.2 million. The Ontario, California-based bank said it had earnings of 37 cents per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The...
Waste Connections: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
ONTARIO, Ontario (AP) — ONTARIO, Ontario (AP) — Waste Connections Inc. (WCN) on Wednesday reported third-quarter profit of $308 million. The Ontario, Ontario-based company said it had profit of $1.19 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.35 per...
Big tobacco companies reach tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with Canada
TORONTO (AP) — Three large tobacco companies would pay nearly $24 billion to settle a long-running legal battle in Canada, according to a proposed deal. Philip Morris International said Friday that a court-appointed mediator had filed the proposed settlement with its Canadian...
Committee reviewing euthanasia in Canada finds some deaths driven by homelessness fears, isolation
LONDON (AP) — An expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada’s most populous province has identified several cases where patients asked to be killed in part for social reasons such as isolation and fears of homelessness, raising concerns over approvals for vulnerable people in the...
Ontario Hockey League says it will cooperate with an investigation into sexual assault allegation
TORONTO (AP) — The Ontario Hockey League said Thursday it is taking sexual assault allegations against eight former players “very seriously” and will cooperate with any police investigation. A woman said in a CTV report that aired Wednesday she was sexually assaulted by eight...
Private forums show Canadian doctors struggle with euthanizing vulnerable patients
TORONTO (AP) — A homeless man refusing long-term care, a woman with severe obesity, an injured worker given meager government assistance, and grieving new widows. All of them requested to be killed under Canada’s euthanasia system, and each sparked private debate among doctors and nurses...
Former Canadian vice admiral found not guilty of sexually assaulting a sailor on a ship in 1991
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A former high-ranking member of the Canadian military was found not guilty by a judge Monday of sexual assault and committing an indecent act in a 33-year-old case involving a younger, lower-ranking servicemember. Former Vice Adm. Haydn Edmundson was head of...
Fire hits historic Southern California baseball field seen in Hollywood movies
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Fire has destroyed the wooden grandstands at a historic Southern California baseball field that appeared in “A League of Their Own” and other movies. Firefighters responded at 11:25 p.m. Thursday to a report of a fire at Jay Littleton Ball Park in the...
