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A Saskatchewan shopper is out more than $200 after being charged twice for her grocery purchase at a Regina Walmart.
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Shoppers raise complaints after being charged twice for Walmart purchases

A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest of the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban on the app.
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U.S. court rejects Tiktok request to temporarily halt pending U.S. ban

Canadian airline executives are set to testify before a parliamentary committee about their decisions to introduce carry-on bag fees for travellers.
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Canadian airline execs to testify before parliamentary committee about bag fees

Canadian airline executives in the hot seat over carry-on bag fees say the federal government needs to reform this country’s aviation system if it wants travel to become more affordable.
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Airline execs testify on baggage fees; say reforms needed to lower travel costs

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make a US$1 million personal donation to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships the incoming administration.
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OpenAI’s Altman will donate US million to Trump’s inaugural fund

An Ontario court has given The Body Shop Canada the approval it needs to sell the majority of its business to a private equity firm.
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Court approves The Body Shop Canada sale, about 100 to lose jobs as some stores close

Elon Musk says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants him to pay a penalty or face charges involving what he disclosed — or failed to disclose — about his purchases of Twitter stock before he bought the social media platform in 2022.
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Musk says U.S. is demanding he pay penalty over disclosures of his Twitter stock purchases

Canada’s new federal mortgage rules are coming into effect Sunday. A broker says this is what would-be buyers need to know.
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What to know about Canada’s new mortgage rules, according to a broker

After initially fighting the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Meta has complied with an order from the regulator to publicly disclose information about its news-blocking measures.
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Meta gives in to CRTC disclosure order on Online News Act compliance

Public support has been key for Canada Post workers as they halted mail delivery across the country, but maintaining that support had been getting harder as the strike dragged on, experts say.
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Hard to keep public support for striking Canada Post workers, experts say