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The minimum wage increased in all four Atlantic provinces on Friday.
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All four Atlantic provinces increase minimum wage Friday

GameStop wants to initiate a stock split, a move that will drastically reduce the cost of one share, the company said late Thursday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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GameStop wants to make shares more affordable for meme stock lovers

The pandemic has resulted in more Canadians seeking high-interest loans, a new survey has found, and advocates are calling on the feds to lower the maximum interest that lenders can charge.
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Payday, instalment loans on the rise in Canada due to pandemic: report

Russian officials said their demand for ‘unfriendly’ countries to pay for natural gas in rubles does not mean supplies will be immediately interrupted.
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Russia: Push to pay for gas in rubles not disrupting supply

It is best to avoid an income tax audit at all costs, writes Pattie Lovett-Reid in her latest exclusive column on CTVNews.ca.
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: What you need to know to avoid a tax audit

Strength in the energy, base metal and technology sectors helped lift Canada’s main stock index higher in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher.
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S&P/TSX composite up in late-morning trading, U.S. stock markets also climb higher

Strength in the energy, base metal and technology sectors helped lift Canada’s main stock index higher in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher.
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S&P/TSX composite starts quarter slightly higher even as crude dips below US0

Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history and handing an unexpected win to a nascent group that fuelled the union drive.
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Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionize in historic labour win

Canadian automakers say the dollar value of an existing federal incentive for consumers who purchase electric vehicles will need to triple in order for the Liberal government to be successful with its ambitious new EV sales mandates.
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Additional support necessary to meet new EV sales mandates: Automakers

Royal Bank of Canada is growing its wealth management business in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with a deal Thursday to buy British wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC for about $2.6 billion.
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RBC signs deal to buy British wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin for .6B