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A children’s hospital in Hamilton says it has paused tonsil and adenoid surgical procedures after two patient deaths in the last month.

A Toronto couple have been found guilty of murdering a B.C. man in a 2021 Hamilton, Ont. shooting.

UCLA, hours after police arrested activists who occupied a building at Columbia University and cleared a tent city from its campus. Eyewitness videos from the University of California at Los Angeles, verified by Reuters, showed people wielding sticks or poles to hammer on wooden boards being used as makeshift barricades to protect the pro-Palestinian protesters before police were called to the campus.

Securitize, a company specializing in RWA tokenization, announced on May 1 the successful closure of a $47 million funding round. The investment was led by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, further solidifying the growing interest and potential within the RWA tokenization sector.

New York City police officers began entering the Columbia University late Tuesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters remained on the campus. Shortly before officers entered the campus, the New York Police Department received a notice from Columbia authorising officers to take action, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official was not authorised to discuss details of the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. After entering the campus, a contingent of police officers approached Hamilton Hall, the administration building that students began occupying in the morning.

Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide. The school promised they would face expulsion. The occupation at Columbia — where protesters shrugged off an ultimatum to abandon a tent encampment Monday or be suspended — unfolded as other universities stepped up efforts to clear out encampments. Police swept through some campuses, spurring confrontations with protesters and plenty of arrests. In rarer instances, university officials and protest leaders have struck agreements to restrict the disruption to campus life. And as cease-fire negotiations appeared to gain steam Tuesday, it wasn’t clear whether those talks would inspire campus protesters to ease their efforts.

The prevalence of remote work exploded at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but as the nation continues moving toward a “return to normal,” more and more employers have begun instituting return-to-office policies.From a peak of 41.1 per cent of working Canadians working remotely in April 2020, recent Statistics Canada data shows a combined 25 per cent of working Canadians are working either completely remotely or in a hybrid setup.At the same time, a real estate frenzy that peaked with record sales prices across Ontario in 2022 saw prices fall in 2023 and growth slowing since then, in part due to rate increases from the Bank of Canada.But many real estate agents say workers who moved away from the city during the height of the pandemic are staying put and stomaching a longer commute a few times a week, while others – especially those farther away from urban centres or in remote or difficult-to-access locations – have said the call back to the office has also called clients back to the city, or that the challenges of rural living caught up with some new owners.Data from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board shows the average price of a home in the city of Toronto was $884,385 in January 2020.

Following on from a report this week that shows rising confidence in private market investments, there’s a new analysis of the asset class from a leading investment manager in the space.

The fundraise for EQT X exceeded the €20bn target size and represented a near 40% increase on the previous fund EQT IX, which closed at €15.6bn in April 2021.  Most commitments came from pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and asset managers, but the private wealth segment made up an increasing share of the total capital raised. According to the FT, private wealth channels accounted for about 10% of the fund. Hamilton Lane: Semi-liquid private markets funds lower access barriers for retail investors This comes on the back of the firm's strategic push to offer the private wealth m...

horror film 'The Voices of Our Mother' be released? Fans, viewers and critics have been waiting for this film eagerly after its shooting came to an end in Hamilton, Ontario recently. Directed by Mark O'Brien the film stars Sheila McCarthy and explores the complex structure and characters of a family brought together by illness. The characters of the movie are shocked when they find that their relationship transcends their bloodline and they have a chilling connection too.

Spring came early to Canada’s housing market.

Canada’s housing market is “starting to turn a corner,” the country’s national real estate association says.

(Reuters) — Shares of New Zealand's SkyCity Entertainment slumped the most in nearly two months after the casino operator said its ‍Skycity Casino Management Ltd (SCML) unit will face a proposed lawsuit for alleged breaches anti-money laundering laws.

The much-anticipated Bitcoin ETF approval on January 11 has set the crypto media alight. Still, despite some early signals of bullish action, the markets didn’t respond with quite the same enthusiasm, with BTC trading down 8% in the days immediately following the news. However, short-term movements were never the point of this long-fought battle. The Bitcoin ETF marks a pivotal moment for the industry. Not only is it the culmination of ten years’ worth of effort to have cryptocurrencies gain mainstream acceptance, but looking forward, it marks the starting pistol on a new era of digital asset adoption.

The Article 9 fund will focus on renewable energy investment options, which Schroders described as the 'backbone of the energy transition'.

For roughly two decades, Canadians have been telling Tim Hortons something’s missing from the company’s menu: The dutchie.

A digital real estate company has been analyzing the data across a good portion of the province and says prices and sales have dropped, with some underbidding now taking place in many areas.

Ted Maloney (pictured) has served as chief investment officer since 2019, alongside his role of global director of research.

Montreal Alouettes’ championship drought is over! Montreal claimed its first Grey Cup since 2010 in a 28-24 victory over the favoured Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Hamilton on Sunday night.Cody Fajardo threw three touchdowns, including the game winner to Tyson Philpot with 13 seconds left, as the Alouettes rallied from a 17-7 halftime deficit, outscoring Winnipeg 21-7 in the final 30 minutes of the Canadian Football League‘s title game.Fajardo was named the Most Valuable Player of the Grey Cup and Philpot was voted the Top Canadian.He'll remember this one for the rest his life.@Tysonphilpot with 13 seconds on the clock to give the @MTLAlouettes the lead! #GreyCup pic.twitter.com/Wb7yZKu2nc— CFL (@CFL) November 20, 2023The Bombers’ opening drive soaked up 6:28 off the clock and resulted in a 25-yard field goal by Sergio Castillo. The drive covered 48 yards in nine plays.After Montreal went two and out on their first drive of the game, the Bombers responded with an eight-play, 66-yard drive that culminated with a five-yard touchdown run by 2023 Most Outstanding Canadian Brady Oliveira to give Winnipeg a 10-0 advantage.Montreal got on the board when running back William Stanback rumbled into the endzone for a 32-yard score to trim Winnipeg’s lead to 10-7 with five seconds remaining in the first quarter.Oliveira fumbled on the Montreal 20-yard line 4:24 into the second quarter when Kabion Ento knocked the ball out of the running back’s hands and Ciante Evans jumped on it for the first turnover of the contest.

This proof of concept, developed in collaboration with WisdomTree, is one of several industry pilots that are taking place under Project Guardian.

The fund is the latest addition to Pantheon's $7bn global private wealth platform, which offers a range of evergreen fund solutions, including the $2.4bn AMG Pantheon fund: Credit: iStock