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Drake has invested in a Toronto cannabis company months after his partnership ended with Canopy Growth Corp.
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Drake invests in Toronto pot company Bullrider, becomes partner and strategic adviser

Italy’s new national airline, ITA Airways, flew its inaugural flights Friday and unveiled its brand and logo, recycling the red, white and green of its Alitalia origins as it tries to chart a new future while competing with low-cost airlines.
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After Alitalia’s demise, ITA airline launches with new look

Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 0.3 per cent in August to $70.3 billion, the first increase following two months of declines.
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StatCan: Wholesale sales up 0.3 per cent at .3B in August

Protests erupted in Italy on Friday as one of the most stringent anti-coronavirus measures in Europe went into effect, requiring all workers, from magistrates to maids, to show a health pass to get into their place of employment.
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Protests greet debut of Italy’s workplace COVID-19 pass rule

It’s important to start talking to your children about finances as early as possible, CTV’s chief financial commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid shares how to broach the topic in her latest column on CTVNews.ca.
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: How to talk to your children about finances

Stocks are climbing again on Friday, as encouraging reports on the economy and corporate profits help Wall Street firm itself following a shaky few weeks.
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S&P/TSX composite in record territory as oil tops US a barrel

Canada’s main stock index reached record highs on a broad rally led by the strength of the financial and energy sectors as the price of oil climbed past US$82 per barrel.
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S&P/TSX composite hits record high in best week since March as oil tops U a barrel

Space exploration company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc said on Thursday it is delaying its commercial space travel service to the fourth quarter of 2022 and will not conduct another planned test flight this year.
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Virgin Galactic to delay commercial space travel service

The International Monetary Fund’s steering committee on Thursday urged global policymakers to monitor pricing dynamics closely, but to “look through” inflationary pressures that are transitory and will fade as economies normalize.
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IMF panel urges central banks to closely monitor inflation, ‘act appropriately’

Britain will offer six-month emergency visas to 800 foreign butchers to avoid a mass pig cull caused by a shortage of labour and market disruption.
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Britain calls for 800 foreign butchers to avoid pig cull