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B.C. tech holding company Tiny buys majority stake in film review platform Letterboxd

B.C. tech holding company Tiny buys majority stake in film review platform Letterboxd

VICTORIA — Tech holding company Tiny Ltd. says it's buying a majority stake in movie review platform Letterboxd. Victoria, B.C.-based Tiny has not shared what it will pay for the 60 per cent stake it will take in the film diary and rating website.
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Blinken on Canada-India rift: 'Those responsible must be held accountable'

Blinken on Canada-India rift: 'Those responsible must be held accountable'

WASHINGTON — America's top diplomat is again urging India and Canada to work together on bringing Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killers to justice — and hopefully forestall a deepening of a serious geopolitical rift between two important allies. U.S.
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McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain

McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain.
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Unifor sets Oct. 9 deadline for contract talks with General Motors

Unifor sets Oct. 9 deadline for contract talks with General Motors

TORONTO — Unifor has set Oct. 9 at 11:59 p.m. as the deadline for contract talks with General Motors as union leadership look to secure terms that will be accepted by both the company and union members. Negotiations between the union and the U.S.
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Angels star Shohei Ohtani finishes with the best-selling jersey in MLB this season

Angels star Shohei Ohtani finishes with the best-selling jersey in MLB this season

NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s soaring popularity was even more evident when it came to jersey sales. Ohtani had the best-selling jersey in Major League Baseball this season, the first time a Japanese player finished in the top spot.
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Higher gas prices lift Fed's preferred inflation gauge but underlying price pressures remain mild

Higher gas prices lift Fed's preferred inflation gauge but underlying price pressures remain mild

WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose in August, boosted mainly by higher gas prices. But measures of underlying inflation slowed in the latest sign that overall price pressures are still moderating .
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Disney Plus announces crackdown on password sharing in Canada

Disney Plus announces crackdown on password sharing in Canada

NEW YORK (AP) — Password-sharing crackdowns are becoming more and more common in the streaming world today. And Disney Plus is following suit.
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Coastal GasLink pipeline project 98 per cent complete

Coastal GasLink pipeline project 98 per cent complete

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. says its Coastal GasLink pipeline project is 98 per cent complete.
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Statistics Canada reports real GDP essentially unchanged in July

Statistics Canada reports real GDP essentially unchanged in July

OTTAWA — Canadian economic growth was stuck in neutral in July as the manufacturing sector pulled back for a second consecutive month.
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Feds post $1.2 billion deficit between April and July: Finance Department

Feds post $1.2 billion deficit between April and July: Finance Department

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $1.2 billion during the first four months of its fiscal year, compared with a surplus of $6.3 billion during the same period a year earlier.
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