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Vancouver-based Midas Gold Corp.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (17,019.10, up 109.29 points.) Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Industrials. Up 4.5 cents, or 13.24 per cent, to 38.5 cents on 29.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: BoC speech Bank of Canada deputy governor Toni Gravelle is set to give a speech via video conference on Monday to the Autorite des marches financiers on the risks t

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index moved to within about five percentage points of its record high Friday on a broad-based rally involving technologies along with cyclical sectors like materials and energy.

TORONTO — Two of the Canadian literary industry's biggest brands are calling on the Ontario government to designate bookstores as essential services — even as COVID-19 cases continue to surge. Retailer Indigo Books & Music Inc.

TORONTO — More than 130 Naturalizer stores in the United States and Canada will be closed by early 2021 as Caleres Inc. adopts a digital sales strategy for the shoe chain.

CALGARY — A survey by energy labour market organization PetroLMI shows that more than two-thirds of the employers in Canada's oil and gas sector imposed labour cost reduction measures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, including 37 per c

Air filters have become big business in the age of COVID-19, for the HVAC companies that can get their hands on them.

OTTAWA — The Canada Post Group of Companies is reporting a third-quarter pre-tax loss of $216 million, as increased revenue from parcel shipping failed to compensate for higher pandemic-related costs and a slowdown in its Canada Post segment.

HALIFAX — The menu at the Stubborn Goat Gastropub in downtown Halifax will always have a classic burger and gourmet mac n' cheese. But the slightly more eccentric dishes, peppered with unique ingredients, might be harder to come by these days.