CPP Investments Commits US$450 million to Ontic, a Provider of Specialized Parts and Repair Services for Established Aerospace Technologies Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) today announced it has committed US$450 million to support the continued growth of Ontic. CVC Capital Partners (CVC), Ontic's current financial ... 05/3/2024 - 3:52 am | View Link
How the much-needed push to bring our pension money home could go terribly wrong Ottawa has tasked the former Bank of Canada governor with nudging the plans to invest more cash in Canada. Where they choose to invest here is precisely what's at stake, ... 05/1/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Opinion: Canada is well placed to be a global tech leader — let's not blow it now By any global measure, we should be proud to be Canadian. According to the 2023 U.S. News Best Countries rankings, which measure global performance based on 10 metrics, Canada is the second-best ... 04/30/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Pensioners: Should You Take CPP Payout at 60? You can collect CPP payout anytime between 60 and 70. While average retirement age is 65, circumstances may require you to collect CPP at 60. 04/30/2024 - 10:00 am | View Link
Canadian pension plans return 3.6% in Q1 – RBC Investor Services Canadian defined benefit plans in the RBC Investor Services All Plan Universe delivered a median return of 3.6% in the first quarter, said a news release April 30. That came on the heels of an 8.2% ... 04/30/2024 - 5:50 am | View Link
The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash.
Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.