The Mix

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Securities Commission alleges a now-defunct cryptocurrency platform based in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island committed a multimillion-dollar securities fraud by diverting customer assets to online cryptocurrency gambling sites.

VANCOUVER — Aritzia Inc. says its net income for the fourth quarter was $37.3 million, up 9.1 per cent from $34.2 million a year earlier. The Vancouver-based clothing retailer saw its net revenue climb 43.5 per cent in the quarter ended Feb.

LONDON (AP) — London police said a controlled explosion was carried out as a precaution outside Buckingham Palace late Tuesday after a man was arrested there on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon.

NEW YORK (AP) — In vintage couture and a world of Chanel-inspired camellias.

MONTREAL — The head of Cirque du Soleil says artificial intelligence poses a low risk to the renowned Quebec company, even as debate is emerging about intellectual property protection for artists.

TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. says it's acquiring 10 former Bed Bath & Beyond leases to expand its Mark's and Pro Hockey Life banners. The Toronto-based retailer says it's taking on the leases for a final purchase price of $1.6 million.

CALGARY — Not all of the Canadian airlines currently jockeying for position in a crowded market are likely to survive in the long-term, said the CEO of Edmonton-based Flair Airlines on Tuesday.

TORONTO — John Stinson had been listening to Gordon Lightfoot’s 1975 song, “Now and Then” on Monday shortly before it was announced that the Canadian folk music icon had died at 84.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A soaring blue-glass tower that has sat empty for close to two decades on the Las Vegas Strip — through the Great Recession and an unprecedented pandemic that shut down the famed tourist corridor for months — is set to open its doors

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,407.56, down 207.54): Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Financials. Down 15 cents, or 0.56 per cent, to $26.68 on 13.