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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in February slowed compared with January.
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CMHC says annual pace of housing starts in Canada slowed in February

Rogers Communications Inc. announced an agreement Monday to buy Shaw Communications Inc. in a deal valued at $26 billion, including debt.
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Rogers seeks to buy Shaw in deal valued at B

A blockbuster deal in the telecom sector helped lift Canada’s main stock index in late-morning trading as Rogers Communications announced an agreement to buy Shaw Communications in a deal valued at $26 billion.
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Blockbuster Rogers-Shaw deal helps lift TSX, U.S. stock markets mixed

Gun sales in the United States reached a record level last year, with the biggest increases in background checks for firearms overlapping with months of social and political unrest, according to industry and government data.
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Americans bought guns in record numbers in 2020 — and the surge is continuing

Airports in the United States saw their largest number of passengers in a year on Friday, data showed, following a shuddering halt in travel brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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U.S. air travel hits highest level since March 2020

In February 2020, the governor of the Bank of Canada was testing the seal on his N95 face mask by trying to smell the scented gas his security team pumped at him.
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The Bank of Canada slashed its key rate one year ago. This is how it happened

NDP MP Heather McPherson says Canada’s heritage committee has decided to summon Facebook Inc. chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to testify.
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg summoned to testify before Commons heritage committee

Ford Motor Co. has issued two safety recalls involving more than 2.6 million vehicles in North America, including nearly 275,000 in Canada, mainly over airbag problems.
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Ford recalling 275,000 vehicles in Canada over airbag deficiencies and tires

The former governor of both the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, is on a crusade. Mark Carney wants everyone to think differently about what’s valuable in our natural world and he’s shared how that might be achievable with W5.
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Mark Carney’s journey from money man to climate change crusader

A large Amazon fulfillment centre in Brampton has been ordered to cease all operations and thousands of its workers must self-isolate as part of an ongoing Peel Public Health investigation into COVID-19 cases inside.
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Major Amazon warehouse ordered closed in Brampton, Ont. due to COVID-19 outbreak inside