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TORONTO — Kansas City Southern is delaying a shareholder vote on Canadian National Railway Co.'s takeover bid until Sept. 3 as it continues to wait for a U.S. regulator to rule on a key voting trust. The vote was set for Thursday, but the U.S.

CALGARY — Stephanie Sabela didn't know what to expect when she first decided to list her backyard swimming pool for rent on the popular online platform, Swimply, Sabela, who lives on a five-acre property north of Toronto in King Township, saw an onli

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fourth straight time to a pandemic low, the latest sign that America's job market is rebounding from the pandemic recession as employers boost hiring to meet a

TORONTO — Twitter users sending each other money have a new — and Canadian — way of making the transfer. The San Francisco, Calif.

NEW YORK (AP) — Near the end of 2020, the pandemic had lasted long enough for author Jodi Picoult to try something that seemed unthinkable for novelists in its early stages — turn it into fiction.

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FRANKFORT, Ind. (AP) — Two women died Wednesday after a gunman opened fire at a central Indiana automotive plant, the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office said. The shooting happened around 4:15 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that his administration will require that nursing home staff be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,302.11, down 61.48 points.) Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Financials. Up 9 cents, or 0.36 per cent, to $25.02 on 14.

TORONTO — North American stock markets trended broadly lower Wednesday and oil prices declined for a fifth straight day amid investor fears about the unrelenting spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant.