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Open this photo in gallery:Stephen Jarislowsky, shown in 2002, advocated for shareholder rights in Canada during his lengthy business career. Andre ForgetBillionaire investor Stephen Jarislowsky, a champion of corporate governance and former spy, has died at the age of 101. Mr. Jarislowsky co-founded what became of one of the country’s largest asset management firms, Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd., after moving to Montreal in the 1950s. He made his name as a pioneer advocate for shareholder rights, embracing the concept long before it became trendy by engaging in public battles with CEOs, family businesses and boards of directors. Later in his career, he became a philanthropist who supported the study of democracy at universities and built one of the country’s finest private art collections. In the 1970s and 80s, Mr. Jarislowsky fought against deals backed by Canadian corporate establishment, including the Billes family behind Canadian Tire, Montreal’s Bronfman clan, the corporate raider Conrad Black and auto parts magnate Frank Stronach. On Thursday, Mr. Black, the former chairman and chief executive officer of media company Hollinger Inc., paid tribute to his onetime sparring partner.

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Here’s your NYT Strands hint for today, plus the spangram and all of today’s Strands answers for puzzle No. 959 on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. Today’s Strands theme was tricky. It helps to be a runner. Read on for all the answers.

A supply-chain attack involving ConnectWise’s cloud services has exposed Microsoft 365 customers to unauthorized application access, with researchers reporting successful sign-ins across 173 partner and customer tenants. The incident centres on credentials associated with ConnectWise Cloud Backup, formerly SkyKick, and raises concerns about attackers exploiting permissions already entrusted to business software. ConnectWise has confirmed unauthorized access to application identities within its Cloud Backup environment. In an October 17 update on its service-status page, the company said it was shutting off application access, interrupting customer backups while investigation and remediation continued.