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Statistics Canada says the number of business closures declined slightly in August, as COVID-19 restrictions eased.
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Statistics Canada says number of business closures edged lower in August

Ontario is set to cap the fees third-party delivery apps impose on restaurants in regions where indoor dining is prohibited, in a bid to protect what profits restaurants can still make during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ontario moves to cap delivery app fees in regions where indoor dining banned

A new study by global staffing firm Robert Half found employees feel like they are working around the clock from home. CTV News’ Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid explains that just because you can now work from home doesn’t mean it’s working for you, in her column for CTVNews.ca.
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: Is working from home working for you?

Canada’s main stock index edged higher in early trading, boosted by gains in the technology and metals and mining sectors.
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Tech and metals and mining help S&P/TSX composite edge higher in early trading

RadioShack, a fixture at the mall for decades, has been pulled from brink of death, again.
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Left for dead, twice, RadioShack gets another shot online

Nova Scotia’s Sipekne’katik fishery has announced a two-week shutdown due to the presence of endangered North Atlantic right whales in the area.
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N.S. Indigenous fishery to shut down for two weeks due to endangered right whales in area

The British government faced fury Wednesday over its decision to ditch its long-standing target for overseas aid in the wake of what it described as the deepest recession in over three centuries.
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U.K. cuts overseas aid amid worst recession in over 300 years

Cascades Inc. says it will close its napkin plant in Laval, Que., at the end of June next year.
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Cascades to close its napkin plant in Laval, Que. in June 2021

A group of Canadian pension plan investment managers is calling on companies to standardize their environmental, social, and governance disclosure to help them in their investment decision-making and better assess and manage their risks.
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Pension fund managers call for strengthened ESG disclosure by companies

Malaysia’s Top Glove, the world’s largest maker of rubber gloves, said Wednesday that supply disruptions at its factories due to an outbreak of the coronavirus may push glove prices up.
Source: ctv business
Malaysia’s Top Glove says virus outbreak may push prices up