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A third round of candidates has been invited to apply for Canada’s Express Entry immigration program to help with a shortage of skilled trades workers.
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Immigrating to Canada: Pathway for trade workers opened

Cineplex Inc. says it saw its highest July box office of all time as ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ sent droves to theatres last month.
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Barbie, Oppenheimer deliver record month for Cineplex theatres

Strathcona Resources Ltd. announced Tuesday it will go public through a deal to purchase oil and gas exploration company Pipestone Energy Corp. as part of a longer-term expansion push.
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Strathcona Resources to go public through deal to buy Pipestone Energy

A sweeping ban from India on rice exports prompted panic buying across Canada. While shortages have been noted at some grocery stores, experts say stockpiling is unnecessary.
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‘Do not panic buy’: Here’s what India’s rice ban means for Canada

A brightly flashing ‘X’ sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter just days after it was installed.
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Brightly flashing ‘X’ sign removed from the San Francisco building that was Twitter’s headquarters

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk.
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Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets

Attorneys for Nima Momeni, the tech consultant charged in the death of Cash App founder Bob Lee, said Monday that the two men had a cordial relationship and the defendant had no reason to kill him.
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Lawyers for tech consultant Nima Momeni say he had no reason to kill Cash App founder Bob Lee

Vale Base Metals (VBM) Ltd. has signed deals worth $3.4 billion with two Saudi Arabian-owned entities as the company works to develop its base metals operations as a separate entity.
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Massive deal with Saudis will help Vale fund nickel, other mining projects

Stocks are drifting Monday as Wall Street rolls toward the end of another winning month.
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Stock market today: Wall Street drifts as it heads toward the close of another winning month

An escalating dispute over a gas field in the Persian Gulf poses an early challenge to a Chinese-brokered agreement to reconcile regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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Dispute over Persian Gulf gas field poses early challenge to Saudi-Iranian rapprochement