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Brazil started blocking Elon Musk’s social media platform X early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through its mobile app after the company refused to comply with a judge’s order.
Source: ctv business
Brazil blocks Musk’s X after company refuses to name local representative amid feud with judge

A new report on Nova Scotia’s compensation program for injured workers says the system is the only one in Canada that is not fully funded, and that more work is needed to help people return to the workforce.
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N.S. has the lowest compensation for injured workers in the country, report says

The CEO of Postmedia says job cuts at Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain are necessary because the properties were facing bankruptcy.
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Postmedia CEO says layoffs at SaltWire, Herald are necessary to stabilize papers

Scotiabank has confirmed reports of another outage after July’s disruption to direct deposits, this time affecting user logins to online accounts.
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Scotiabank confirms another outage, this time affecting online accounts

Unions representing longshore workers at the country’s major ports are promising to put pressure on the federal government if it won’t commit to staying out of potential labour disputes in the sector.
Source: ctv business
Longshore worker unions denounce federal intervention in railway labour conflict

The union representing thousands of railroaders has appealed the federal government’s move that ended last week’s rail shutdown, a work stoppage that halted freight and commuter traffic across the country.
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Teamsters launch court appeal of Ottawa’s move to end rail shutdown

The strategies parents are using to reduce back-to-school spending come with a renewed importance this year because even as inflation has eased, Canadians aren’t seeing any meaningful relief in their expenses.
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Cash-strapped parents seek back-to-school deals as years of inflation take a toll

Economists say the Bank of Canada is still on track to cut interest rates next week, despite economic growth coming in stronger than expected in the second quarter.
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BoC expected to cut key interest rate, despite stronger-than-anticipated growth in Q2

It’s a showdown between the world’s richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice.
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How one Brazilian judge could suspend Elon Musk’s X

It’s a new twist to an old scam — fraudsters are spoofing phone numbers to steal access codes to hack into bank accounts, and two Toronto women lost more than $80,000 as a result.
Source: ctv business
‘I’m terrified’: 2 Ontario women lost more than ,000 to bank investigator scam