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Supply problems and insurance complications have made it difficult for people to start — and stay on — Wegovy and similar medications that are transforming obesity treatment, according to doctors and patients around the U.S.
Source: ctv business
Supply problems and insurance issues make popular weight-loss drugs hard to get in the U.S.

The apples were almost ripe for harvesting when the worst storms in more than a century struck Greece’s breadbasket in Thessaly.
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The cost of damage from the record floods in Greece’s breadbasket is estimated to be in the billions

A private member’s bill aims to eliminate a 6.1-per-cent basic tax on all on-site retail sales of 100 per cent Ontario wines.
Source: ctv business
Winemakers, NDP call for removal of Ontario retail winery tax

Analysists say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to removing GST from new rental construction is a step that could help increase Canada’s housing supply, but it may not be the ‘silver bullet’ some are looking for on affordability.
Source: ctv business
Will removing GST off new rental construction improve affordability? Here’s what experts say

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… pizza? A drone delivery service has working with a major pizza chain, and says the technology could have more serious uses as well.
Source: ctv business
Cloudy with a chance of pizza: Drone company elevates food delivery, raises other applications

Metroland Media Group plans to end the print editions of its community newspapers and will exit the flyer business as it seeks protection under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act as part of a restructuring plan.
Source: ctv business
Metroland ends print editions of community papers, keeps regional dailies

Metroland Media Group plans to end the print editions of its community newspapers and will exit the flyer business as it seeks protection under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act as part of a restructuring plan.
Source: ctv business
Metroland ends print editions of community papers, flyers

Canada’s main stock index was little changed in midday trading Friday, while U.S. markets traded lower, led by losses in tech.
Source: ctv business
S&P/TSX composite little changed in mid-morning trading, U.S. markets down

A limited strike by autoworkers in the United States is expected to affect the sector in Canada as the industry in both countries is deeply integrated.
Source: ctv business
U.S. auto strike expected to affect Canada in deeply integrated industry

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 1.6 per cent to $71.9 billion in July, boosted by higher sales of food products, petroleum and coal products and transportation equipment.
Source: ctv business
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales up 1.6% in July after falling in June