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CALGARY — A report by Deloitte Canada forecasts crude oil prices will increase modestly over the next three months. The report by the firm's resource evaluation and advisory group says lower supply will begin to drain global crude inventories.

Toronto homebuyers that snapped up a property last month paid more on average than they did a year ago but less than they would have if they closed the deal in May, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board said Thursday.

WASHINGTON — North America's trading partners are in Cancun for two days of meetings to take stock of the last three years under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. International Trade Minister Mary Ng is sitting down with U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Federal Reserve officials pushed to raise the Fed’s key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point at their meeting last month to intensify their fight against high inflation, though the central bank ultimately decided

Contract negotiations between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of the company's workers broke down early Wednesday with each side blaming the other for walking away from talks.

The B.C. port workers strike could cost companies hundreds of millions of dollars per week, experts and business groups say, with smaller operators and consumers feeling the biggest pinch.

OTTAWA — The federal governmentis suspending advertising on Facebook and Instagram as tensions with tech giants rise, with the province of Quebec and the City of Montreal following suit within hours.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,103.89, down 100.98): Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Healthcare. Down 12 cents, or 16.44 per cent, to 61 cents on 8.

Tensions between Ottawa and tech giants further escalated on Wednesday over Canada's recently passed Online News Act.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down more than 100 points Wednesday amid broad-based weakness, while U.S. stock markets also slumped.