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EDMONTON — The Alberta government's credit rating has been downgraded by an agency that cited the province's reliance on oil revenue and what it calls its high environmental risk.

SAN FRANCISCO — The co-founders of Google are stepping down as executives of its parent company, Alphabet, ending a remarkable two decades during which Larry Page and Sergey Brin shaped a startup born in a Silicon Valley garage into one of the larges

An investment firm and Canada's oldest retailer will face off at a hearing later this week at the Ontario Securities Commission as the battle to take Hudson's Bay Co. private heats up. Catalyst Capital Group Inc.

ACHESON, Alta. — The CEO of Trans Mountain says he's "a little greyer" than he was 10 years ago when planning began for an expansion of the Edmonton-to-Burnaby oil pipeline but he's still proud to oversee the official launch of Alberta construction.

ACHESON, Alta. — The CEO of Trans Mountain says he's "a little greyer" than he was 10 years ago when planning began for an expansion of the Edmonton-to-Burnaby oil pipeline but he's still proud to oversee the official launch of Alberta construction.

TORONTO — DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says Canadian auto sales were flat in November compared with a year earlier while year-to-date sales remain down.

CALGARY — Gibson Energy Inc. says it will build a 100,000-barrel-per-day diluent recovery unit near the Alberta oil marketing hub of Hardisty, a strategy expected to free up room in pipelines and on railcars for oilsands exports.

MONTREAL — Desjardins Group has shown two senior executives the door in the wake of a data breach that affected all 4.2 million of its members.

TORONTO — North American stock markets closed down Tuesday after comments by U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt on a quick resolution to the U.S.-China trade war.

TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,892.18, down 89.29 points.) Continental Gold Inc. (TSX:CNL). Mining. Down six cents, or 1.11 per cent, to $5.33 on 11.