OMERS and BCI reportedly purchased a portion of a US$1.4 billion loan portfolio from Blue Owl, with CalPERS and Blue Owl insurer Kuvare also reported as buyers; the firm announced the loans sold at about 99.7% of par value.
Move to Give runs April 11–18 across Simcoe‑Muskoka to raise funds for the YMCA’s financial assistance program, with activities such as pickleball tournaments, cycle-a-thons, swim-a-thons and rubber duck races.
On his Tubi show We Got Time Today, Deion Sanders stayed fully clothed during a couples massage and made an indirect reference to a recent University of Michigan matter linked in reporting to Sherrone Moore, while stressing caution about people outside his trusted circle.
A long-standing boat blessing in the Magdalen Islands could require a municipal permit under a proposed Quebec bill that would restrict collective public prayer; the legislation would also ban prayer rooms in public institutions and has drawn objections from local leaders and religious figures.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge raised concerns about a proposed settlement between WestJet and nearly 3,500 female flight attendants and extended the deadline for class members to file objections to March 23.
The Greater Sudbury Cubs beat the Timmins Rock 9-3 on Feb. 19, with Mason Walker credited with six assists and Nolan Newton scoring his 37th goal while extending a 16-game point streak.
Dr. Joss Reimer, a Manitoba physician who helped lead that province's COVID-19 response, will begin a three-year term as Canada's chief public health officer on April 1, replacing Dr. Theresa Tam.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled tariffs imposed under emergency powers unlawful, but sector-specific tariffs under Section 232 remain in place and questions about refunds are unresolved.
Hunter Hess said criticism from former President Donald Trump made the fortnight before his Olympic debut "probably the hardest two weeks" of his life, and he qualified for the men's freeski halfpipe final on Feb. 20.
Donita Large, a member of Saddle Lake First Nation and an Indigenous educator in Alberta, has released The Ancestors, her first original full-length album. The record includes two versions of the song "Sweetgrass" and tracks such as "Kokom," dedicated to her late grandmother.
