MONTREAL — Gildan Activewear Inc. raised its dividend and reported its fourth-quarter net sales jumped more than 30 per cent compared with a year ago, helped by its acquisition of HanesBrands Inc. The Montreal-based clothing maker, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, says it will pay a quarterly dividend of 24.9 cents US per […]
LONDON (AP) — Oxford Street in London’s West End, one of the world’s most famous shopping destinations, is getting a makeover with the creation of a new pedestrianized zone that the city’s mayor hopes will revitalize its fortunes following struggles over recent decades. In a statement Thursday, Sadiq Khan said all forms of traffic, including […]
Ukraine will see less economic growth this year due to extensive destruction of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure by Russia over the winter, an international development bank said Thursday, as businesses struggle to keep going into the fifth year of Russia’s invasion. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development halved its 2026 growth forecast for the country […]
Instagram said Thursday it will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm. The alerts will only go to parents who are enrolled in Instagram’s parental supervision program. Instagram says it already blocks such content from showing up in teen accounts’ search results and directs people to […]
Quebecor Inc. says its profit rose last quarter as it managed to increase its revenue per mobile customer for the first time in nearly three years. The media and telecommunications firm reported its net income attributable to shareholders totalled $211.5 million in its fourth quarter, up from $177.7 million a year earlier. Quebecor said the […]
Halifax Regional Police have charged four people with weapons-related offences after an incident in Dartmouth on Monday. According to police, officers responded around 2:30 p.m. to a report about an impaired driver in a parking lot on Mic Mac Boulevard. Responding officers found evidence of cannabis use in the vehicle and during the further search, […]
Halifax Regional Police signed an agreement with the highest level of government to take part in the federal gun buyback program. This comes after the feds prohibited over 2,500 makes and models of what the government refers to as assault style firearms. Police said now that these firearms are prohibited, the Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program […]
The Nova Scotia RCMP said they are marking National Missing Persons Day with the disappearance of two young children. The story has captured people across the country, and seen amateur online sleuths play a role in the speculation about what happened. The case of Lilly, 6 and Jack (now 5) Sullivan has not had many […]
A new elementary school is set to open in the north end later this month after lengthy delays. The province says major construction on the new St. Joseph’s-Alexander McKay (SJAM) building finished up on Monday, Feb. 2, and the keys were handed over to the Halifax Regional Centre for Education. The new school is built […]
WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will meet with her international counterparts in Washington on Wednesday as the Trump administration makes a case for collaboration to push back on China’s dominance over critical minerals. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hosting representatives from European, African and Asian nations looking for commitments to incentivize […]