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HALIFAX -- The assets of a shuttered Cape Breton call centre have been awarded to an Iowa-based businessman for $1.5-million, a deal that is likely save hundreds of jobs in Cape Breton. Nova Scotia Business Minister Geoff MacLellan confirmed Tuesday that Anthony Marlowe of Marlowe Companies Inc. Source

Concern that there's too much oil for a slowing global economy sent a tremor through oil markets Tuesday, as the benchmark price for North American crude fell more than seven per cent to its lowest level since the summer of 2017. Source

TORONTO -- Law firm Koskie Minsky LLP says it has filed a proposed class action against cannabis company Aphria Inc. and its chief executive and financial officers after the company was targeted by short-sellers. The firm says the lawsuit alleges the company made false and misleading statements related to its acquisition of LATAM Holdings Inc. Source

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump will be attending the World Economic Forum next month in Davos, Switzerland. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters on Tuesday that Trump will be at the event, which will take place next month. Source

Tilray Inc. shares jumped Tuesday after the B.C.-based company took another step to strengthen its medical marijuana business outside Canada through a new collaboration with Novartis pharmaceutical group's Sandoz AG. "Tilray is a global company and we're thrilled to build upon the success and momentum from our existing agreement with Sandoz Canada by taking our partnership global," Tilray chief executive Brendan Kennedy said Tuesday. Source

Tilray Inc. shares jumped Tuesday after the B.C.-based company took another step to strengthen its medical marijuana business outside Canada through a new collaboration with Novartis pharmaceutical group's Sandoz AG. "Tilray is a global company and we're thrilled to build upon the success and momentum from our existing agreement with Sandoz Canada by taking our partnership global," Tilray chief executive Brendan Kennedy said Tuesday. Source

A panel at the Ontario Securities Commission has approved a $30-million settlement with Katanga Mining over the company's misleading statements and its failure to properly disclose the risks of operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Source

HALIFAX -- Lawyers for the Northern Pulp mill in northern Nova Scotia are seeking an injunction that would prevent fishermen from blocking survey boats hired to examine a route for a new effluent pipeline. About 80 people gathered outside Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest the proposed pipeline. Source

NANAIMO, B.C. -- Marijuana company Tilray Canada Ltd. has signed a new agreement to collaborate with Sandoz AG, part of the Novartis pharmaceutical group. The companies say they will work together to increase the availability of high quality medical cannabis products across the world. Source

TORONTO -- Tilray Inc. shares jumped Tuesday after the B.C.-based company took another step to strengthen its medical marijuana business outside Canada through a new collaboration with Novartis pharmaceutical group's Sandoz AG. "Tilray is a global company and we're thrilled to build upon the success and momentum from our existing agreement with Sandoz Canada by taking our partnership global," Tilray chief executive Brendan Kennedy said Tuesday. Source