Indigenous

It's been quite a week for Luc de Fougerolles, and it's not over yet. The London-born defender, who qualifies for Canada through his Canadian-born father, turned 18 in Japan where he is wearing Canadian colours for the first time.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. is bringing back former chief executive Hal Kvisle to serve as chair of the board of the new liquids pipeline company it plans to spin off. Kvisle was president and chief executive of TransCanada Corp.

TORONTO — A new study says U.S. tech workers are paid 46 per cent more on average than their Canadian counterparts.

MISSISSAUGA — A Canadian woman trapped in Gaza says she is afraid she could die at any moment as Israeli warplanes drop bombs around her in the sealed-off Palestinian territory, and she's pleading for Ottawa's help.

TORONTO — As interest rates have risen, so has the popularity of guaranteed investment certificates.

OTTAWA — Rising interest rates have pushed up costs for borrowers and made mortgages, car loans and other debt more expensive, but the flip side for savers is the better rates for investments such as guaranteed investment certificates.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new lieutenant-governor to serve Newfoundland and Labrador.

Toronto city councillors have voted to hike the city's vacant home tax. Council voted 21-2 in favour of the move to increase the tax from one per cent to three per cent of a vacant home's assessed value starting in the 2024 tax year.

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. says its preliminary third-quarter sales totalled 1.03 million ounces of gold and 101 million pounds of copper.

MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc. is extending coverage across Canada for customers of its Freedom Mobile, Videotron and Fizz brands following regulatory rulings that it says will promote competition.