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QUEBEC — The federal government said it’s taking the first steps in building a long-awaited high frequency rail line along the Toronto to Quebec City corridor.

MONTREAL — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says Montreal and Quebec City home prices soared and sales fell in June, as the province began to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday it canceled a disputed cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion.

TORONTO — For the last 34 years, Alex Zilberberg's mornings have begun with a lineup of customers so strong that his The Bagel Stop locations do 70 per cent of their daily business before 10 a.m.

When James Charles-Roberts booked a vehicle back in May, he and his family were looking forward to a two-week holiday in Southern California.

TORONTO — Mary Luna never considered any kind of estate planning until her parents were hospitalized within a few months of each other five years ago.

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Growth in the services sector, where most Americans work, slowed in June following record expansion in May.

Derrick Rossi always said he'd be satisfied with his work when it had a positive impact on humanity.

TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says the pace of sales and home prices eased in June as COVID-19 cases subsided, but a heated start to the year still pushed it to upgrade its annual forecast.

TORONTO — GFL Environmental Inc. says it has formed the Resource Recovery Alliance to help product and packaging companies meet their responsibilities under Ontario's blue box recycling program.