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Canada’s trucking industry wants the federal government and the U.S. to exempt their workers from forthcoming vaccination mandates, but health experts say the proposal is problematic.
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Health experts critical of Canadian truckers vaccination exemption plea

Apple is on the verge of yet another major milestone. The iPhone maker is close to topping a market value of more than US$3 trillion — the first publicly traded company ever to be worth that much.
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Apple is about to become the world’s first US trillion company

Starbucks on Monday apologized and said it would carry out inspections and staff training across all its roughly 5,400 stores in China after a state-backed newspaper said two of its outlets used expired ingredients.
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Starbucks apologizes for selling expired food in Chinese stores

Canada’s main stock index was down more than 100 points in late-morning trading amid weakness in the energy and industrial sectors, while U.S. stock markets also fell.
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S&P/TSX composite down more than 100 points, U.S. stock markets also fall

Calling him a ‘clown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman,’ Time magazine has named Tesla CEO Elon Musk as its Person of the Year for 2021.
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Time Person of the Year is Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX

Germany’s new government says it is extending the country’s current system of incentive payments for buyers of electric and hybrid cars by a year.
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New German government to revamp incentives for electric cars

Costco Canada has issued a product advisory for a dog advent calendar over concerns that the product does not meet its quality standards.
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Costco pulls dog advent calendar over quality concerns

CTVNews.ca compiled a series of active MLS listings in major cities across the country for a look at what might be attainable for the average price in Canada, and the results range from condo units to entire island properties.
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Here’s what you can find for the average price of a home in Canada

CTV’s chief financial commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid discusses how to improve your financial situation in the new year.
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: Your financial action plan for 2022

Canada’s central bank has been told to keep the annual pace of price gains at its historic target, but also to help build up the labour market.
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BoC to maintain inflation mandate, will consider job market in rate decisions