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MARKHAM — Pet Valu Holdings Ltd. reported its first-quarter profit and revenue rose compared with a year ago. The pet food retailer says it earned $21.

MONTREAL — BCE Inc. is launching a new tech services brand called Ateko which unifies recently acquired tech companies FX Innovation, HGC Technologies and CloudKettle under a single umbrella.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will hold a referendum on provincial separation next year if citizens gather the required signatures on a petition.

When Daniel Bekerman set out to produce "The Apprentice" — last year's biopic about U.S. President Donald Trump — he figured some controversy might come from the subject, not the city it was filmed in.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's new Opposition leader apologized Monday for election campaign advertisements the Progressive Conservative party ran in the last election that promoted their decision to not search a landfill for the remains of two murder victims

After months of pursuing a plan to convert itself into a for-profit business, OpenAI is reversing course and said Monday its nonprofit will continue to control the company that makes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times won four Pulitzer Prizes and the New Yorker three on Monday for journalism in 2024 that touched on topics like the fentanyl crisis, the U.S.

TORONTO — An Ontario judge has decided which law firm will represent employees in the Hudson's Bay creditor protection case.

GATINEAU — The Competition Bureau is suing Canada's Wonderland for allegedly making false or misleading price claims online. The bureau says the amusement park north of Toronto is advertising prices that don't include a mandatory fee of up to $9.99.

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