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TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,788.60, down 142.23 points.) Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Financials. Down 17 cents, or 0.6 per cent, to $26.67 on 10.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index slid to a nearly three-week low as minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting reinforced fears that aggressive moves to fight inflation will prompt an economic slowdown.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take an aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months — actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten r

TORONTO — Labatt Breweries of Canada will wind down its non-alcoholic beverages company that made drinks containing some of the active ingredients found in cannabis.

Canadian airlines asked a Federal Court of Appeal panel Wednesday to quash rules that bolster compensation for passengers subjected to delayed flights and damaged luggage. Air Canada and Porter Airlines Inc.

TORONTO — After working remotely since starting a new job at the beginning of the year, Madison Rogers was excited to get into the office in March and spend time collaborating with her co-workers at Toronto-based Fuse Create.

VANCOUVER — Asante Gold Corp. says it has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Kinross Gold Corp. to negotiate the potential purchase of all the Canadian mining company's interests in Ghana.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has charged a Russian oligarch with violating U.S. government sanctions and has disrupted a cybercrime operation launched by a Russian military intelligence agency, officials said Wednesday.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters and said it was toughening penalties against Russian banks in retaliation for “war crimes” in Ukraine.

Tilray Brands Inc. saw its share of the Canadian retail cannabis market slip recently, but says it is feeling encouraged because the recent dips are less significant than it previously experienced. Blair MacNeil, the Leamington, Ont.