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TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,654.92, up 135.49): Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Up $1.12, or 2.76 per cent, to $41.73 on 9.4 million shares.

Food inflation appears to be easing in Canada, but experts say shoppers shouldn't expect lower prices at the grocery store. Statistics Canada said Tuesday the cost of groceries in February rose 10.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government tabled a $12.2-billion budget Tuesday that forecasts a small surplus and promises a funding boost to help stabilize the ailing health-care sector.

TORONTO — The Bank and Trust Companies Association is asking Canada's finance minister to consider raising the insurance limit of account deposits.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen projected calm on Tuesday after recent regional bank collapses but told a gathering of bankers that additional rescue arrangements “could be warranted” if any new failures at smaller institutions jeop

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes surged in February to the fastest pace in six months as homebuyers seized on a modest drop in mortgage rates. The nation’s median price also edged lower, its first annual drop since 2012.

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate continued to slow last month, reaffirming the central bank's decision to hold its key interest rate steady.

Alejandra Laria Aleaga was thrilled to see a job offer pop into her inbox in October 2021.

TORONTO — BlackBerry Ltd. has signed a deal to sell a portfolio of what it says are non-core patents related to mobile devices, messaging and wireless networking in an agreement that could be worth up to US$900 million.