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A Calgary man is one of the latest victims of a disturbing crime trend that’s seen thieves go to great lengths to steal lumber.
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‘It’s unbelievable’: Calgary trucker in shock after ,000 worth of lumber stolen

An Egyptian court on Saturday adjourned the case of a massive a hulking cargo vessel that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year.
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Egypt: Suez Canal ship case adjourned for compensation talks

Mexico has blasted major clothing brands Zara, Anthropologie and Patowl for using patterns and other elements of Mexican indigenous textiles in their collections without permission, the ministry of culture said Friday.
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Mexico accuses major clothing brands of cultural appropriation

As the Reddit crowd piles in, AMC shares are soaring — and no, that’s not a headline from late January.
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Why AMC shares are skyrocketing again

Interfor Corp. is forging ahead with a strategy fuelled by record high prices to grow its lumber production in the United States as the U.S. moves to increase softwood lumber duties on Canadian imports to protect its domestic producers.
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Interfor to raise U.S. production to 77 per cent by buying four sawmills for US5M

The White House on Friday unveiled a $6 trillion budget proposal that would ramp up spending on infrastructure, education and combating climate change, arguing it makes good fiscal sense to invest now, when the cost of borrowing is cheap, and reduce deficits later.
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Money is cheap, let’s spend it – White House trillion budget message

The Canada Revenue Agency says thousands of self-employed workers who received emergency benefits last year won’t have to repay any of it, as long as they meet certain conditions.
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CRA estimates 30,000 self-employed people may not have to repay CERB

The Danish government on Friday presented its digital coronavirus passport enabling people to travel abroad or, in Denmark, go to the hairdresser, a tattoo parlor, dine inside a restaurant or wherever else it is needed.
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Danes present digital coronavirus passport for travel abroad

The hackers behind one of the worst data breaches ever to hit the U.S. government have launched a new global cyberattack on more than 150 government agencies, think tanks and other organizations, according to Microsoft.
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Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers have struck again at the U.S. and other countries

Stocks were slightly higher Friday, as investors shrugged off the latest economic data that showed inflation accelerating in the U.S. economy. The market is on pace for its first weekly gain in three weeks.
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U.S. stocks higher, on track for solid gains for the week