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TORONTO — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it has agreed to discontinue arbitration proceedings it launched before the International Chamber of Commerce's International Court of Arbitration related to its Cobre Panama mine.

TORONTO — Ontario will spend $35 million to help the Shaw Festival rebuild the Royal George Theatre.

TORONTO — CIBC Global Asset Management says it has entered into a strategic relationship with Indigenous-owned and led asset management firm Longhouse Capital Partners Inc.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers posted 7.6 million job openings in February, a sign that that the job market is slowing but remains healthy.

Condos can be fixer-uppers too. Home inspections can warn prospective buyers of upcoming critical costs — such as a new roof or a leaking basement — but buyers in the condo market might not have the same clarity.

TORONTO — Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. has signed a deal to sell its U.S. wholesale market making business to Cantor as part of a plan to sharpen the focus of its U.S. capital markets operations.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — MDA Space Ltd. has signed a deal to buy Israeli company SatixFy Communications Ltd., a maker of chips for satellite communication systems. Under the deal, MDA Space will pay US$2.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator has been removed from his post amid sweeping cuts at the agency and across the federal health workforce handed down Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people over the North and South poles .

British Columbia's government was fast-tracking the end of its consumer carbon tax on Monday, in time for the lifting of the federal equivalent the next day, with Premier David Eby saying consumers should expect immediate price relief at gas pumps.