The Mix

MONTREAL — CAE Inc. says it earned $168.6 million in its third quarter, up from $56.5 million during the same quarter last year. The company says revenues were $1.2 billion, up 12 per cent from $1.1 billion a year earlier.

TORONTO — Strength in technology, base metals and telecom stocks helped lift Canada's main stock index Thursday, while U.S. markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 135.40 points at 25,698.51.

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A man injured alongside author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack on a New York lecture stage said Thursday that he tried to stop the assault once he realized it wasn't a prank and was left with a gash above his eye.

TORONTO — Sun Life Financial Inc.'s share price was under pressure Thursday after the insurance giant reported a big earnings miss driven by various factors including claims headwinds in its U.S. division.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The Prince Edward Island government has ordered an investigation into the land holdings of two Buddhist organizations in the province.

A New Jersey man whose wife was killed in a horrific hippopotamus attack last year during a safari in Africa is suing the U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rallied to the brink of a record after more companies reported fatter profits than expected. The S&P 500 rose 1% Thursday. It got within less than 0.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia woman who was awarded damages after her ex-boyfriend posted an explicit picture of her alongside a fake online ad for sex work initially went to police to report what she said was a pattern of harassment.

In the movies, we’ve had green valleys, haunted hills and grand canyons. But only now has the time arrived for a long-overshadowed land formation.

It's a chicken-and-egg problem: Restaurants are struggling with record-high U.S. egg prices , but their omelets, scrambles and huevos rancheros may be part of the problem. Breakfast is booming at U.S. eateries.