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Critical to building a credit history, credit cards are a rite of passage into financial adulthood. Even if you’re debt-phobic or have heard too many horror stories of people maxing out their cards, you can’t skip this step.

TORONTO — Visa has named Michiel Wielhouwer as the new president and country manager for Visa Canada. He will succeed Stacey Madge, who has been in the job for the past seven years. Wielhouwer is a veteran Visa executive with 22 years of experience.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

The British Columbia Securities Commission has levied about $430 million in unpaid fines and disgorgement orders for breaches of the province's Securities Act.

Before receiving an Oscar nod for his debut narrative short film, Vincent René-Lortie was ready to quit filmmaking. “It was a hard time for me.

PASADENA, Calif. — Eugene Levy admits it takes a lot to get him out of the house. “There isn’t one place I’m dying to get to,” the “Schitt’s Creek” star and “SCTV” alumnus told TV critics gathered in Pasadena, Calif., last month.

CALGARY — At a pivotal point in the game, and season, Seattle centre Jared McCann stepped up and delivered on Monday night.

TORONTO — A chaotic comedy about the rise and fall of an era-defining smartphone has won the $50,000 best Canadian feature prize from the Toronto Film Critics Association.

REGINA — Disruption was the theme Monday at the Canadian men's curling championship. Four teams posted upsets over higher seeds in the Montana's Brier, which added spice to the playoff race in Regina.

COURTICE, Ont.