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Canada’s main stock index climbed higher in late-morning trading as the price of oil rose and the energy and metals and mining sectors moved up.
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S&P/TSX composite up as energy and metals and mining sectors rise

Gridlock at an English port kept thousands of truckers and travellers stranded Wednesday despite a deal with France to lift a two-day blockade imposed because of a new variant of the coronavirus that had isolated Britain and raised fears of food shortages.
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Virus-linked isolation of U.K. eases but backlog persists

2020 was a challenging year on so many fronts and so many elements were out of our control. 2021 is the year we take back our financial control, one month at a time, CTV News’ Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid explains how in her weekly column for CTVNews.ca.
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: My financial resolutions for the new year

The Justice Department sued Walmart on Tuesday, accusing it of fueling the nation’s opioid crisis by pressuring its pharmacies to fill even potentially suspicious prescriptions for the powerful painkillers.
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U.S. sues Walmart over role in opioid crisis

Canada and the United Kingdom have inked a temporary agreement that will head off an automatic increase in tariffs that was set to kick in when Britain leaves the European Union next week.
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Canada and U.K. make stopgap deal to avert tariffs after Brexit

Health Canada is warning that unauthorized personal protective equipment and medical devices are being sold online, and they may not provide the level of protection advertised.
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Health Canada warns against company selling unlicensed PPE online

With no sign that home workouts will fade out any time soon, Peloton cranked up its manufacturing capacity in a big way this week and it picked up a bunch of new fans on Wall Street.
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Peloton … if you build it, they will come

Shares in TMAC Resources Inc. fell Tuesday morning after it announced Ottawa has blocked its $230-million sale to China’s Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd.
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Canada rejects sale of Arctic mine to Chinese company Shandong Gold

More than 1,500 trucks were stranded in England on Tuesday morning amid fears that Britain could face food shortages if travel restrictions put in place to slow the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus aren’t lifted soon.
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Still stuck: 1,500 France-bound trucks stranded in England

Stocks are drifting in mixed trading on Wall Street after Congress finally approved a $900 billion rescue to carry the economy through what’s likely to be a bleak winter.
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Stocks drift after U.S. stimulus deal as virus worries still loom