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The inaugural British coins featuring the portrait of King Charles III, alongside the final coins of Queen Elizabeth II, were auctioned on Monday.
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King Charles III’s first official British coins, Queen Elizabeth II’s last auctioned

Losses in the financial sector dragged Canada’s main stock index lower Tuesday, while U.S. markets were mixed.
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S&P/TSX composite dragged lower by financials Tuesday, U.S. stock markets mixed

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried can’t adequately prepare for trial in six weeks while in jail without proper access to computers, necessary medications to help him concentrate, and a better diet than bread, water and peanut butter, his lawyers told a magistrate judge Tuesday.
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Jailed Sam Bankman-Fried can’t prepare for trial on bread, water and inadequate meds, lawyers say

The federal government in Ottawa is pushing back against the latest U.S. decision to keep imposing duties on Canadian softwood lumber.
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Canada to seek judicial review of latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties

In his column for CTVNews.ca, personal finance contributor Christopher Liew outlines how Canada might avoid a recession, as well as some risks that could contribute to one.
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Canada can dodge a recession, but it could still happen; here’s why

Budweiser Gardens is under fire after attendees claimed the venue’s contracted security gender policed the bathrooms during a RuPaul’s Drag Race show in London, Ont.
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Queer community alleges Budweiser Gardens’ security gender policed washrooms during RuPaul’s Drag Race event

Ontario English-language Catholic teachers will join their other publicly-funded school counterparts in holding a strike vote in the fall as negotiations with the province continue to stall.
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Ontario English Catholic teachers join other unions in holding strike votes in fall

Canada’s main stock index posted a small loss Monday amid broad-based weakness, while U.S. markets were mixed as the tech-focused Nasdaq gained almost 1.6 per cent.
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Canada’s main stock index posts small loss Monday, U.S. stocks mixed amid tech gains

An advocacy group is calling on Canadians to boycott Facebook and Instagram later this week.
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Group calls for Facebook, Instagram boycott on Aug. 23 and 24

Global food security is already under threat since Russia halted an agreement allowing Ukraine to export wheat and the El Nino weather phenomenon hampers rice production. Now, rice prices are soaring — Vietnam’s rice export prices, for instance, have reached a 15-year high — putting the most vulnerable people in some of the poorest nations at risk.
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Global food security is at crossroads as rice shortages and surging prices hit the most vulnerable