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It wasn’t an escapee from the Country Bear Jamboree attraction, but a wild black bear managed to be the star of its own show Monday at Walt Disney World.
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Wild black bear at Walt Disney World in Florida captured after search

Ottawa is urging a U.S. appeals court to reverse a Wisconsin judge’s order that threatens to shut down the Line 5 cross-border pipeline by June 2026.
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Undo Line 5 shutdown order, federal government’s filing urges U.S. appeals court

A cyberattack at Clorox is causing wide-scale disruption of the company’s operations, hampering its ability to make its cleaning materials, Clorox said Monday.
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Clorox products in short supply after cyberattack

The backlog of air passenger complaints at Canada’s transport regulator has hit a new high of more than 57,000, as dissatisfaction over cancellation and compensation persist three and a half years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Backlog of air passenger complaints tops 57,000, hitting new peak

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in Canada edged down one per cent in August compared with July.
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CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts down 1% in August

Indigo Books & Music Inc. says the founder of the company, Heather Reisman, is back as CEO after Peter Ruis stepped down earlier this month.
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Heather Reisman, Indigo’s founder, returns to top position

Hundreds of executives and government officials from oil-producing nations around the world are gathering in Calgary this week, against the backdrop of growing global pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Calgary hosts global oil-producing nations at 24th World Petroleum Congress

Wall Street is drifting Monday, while oil prices keep rising to raise the pressure on inflation.
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Stock market today: Wall Street drifts ahead of U.S. Fed meeting as oil prices keep rising

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Elon Musk, the head of electric carmaker Tesla, to establish a factory in Turkiye during a meeting in New York, Erdogan’s office said Monday.
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Turkiye’s President Erdogan and Elon Musk discuss establishing a Tesla car factory

A recent survey conducted by TransUnion shows that about half of Canadians were targeted by fraud in the first half of 2023, with fraud attempts up 40 per cent from the previous year.
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Nearly half of Canadians targeted by fraud in first half of 2023: TransUnion survey