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OTTAWA — The federal banking regulator is keeping the interest rate used in a key stress test for uninsured mortgages on hold.

BERLIN (AP) — Members of Germany's biggest opposition party, the center-right Christian Democratic Union of former Chancellor Angela Merkel, chose prominent conservative Friedrich Merz as its new leader, the party said Friday.

CALGARY — Imperial Oil Ltd. says it expects its capital spending to total $1.4 billion next year.

CALGARY — Calfrac Well Services Ltd. says George Armoyan has been appointed as interim chief executive officer. In connection with the change, Ronald Mathison move from his role as executive chairman to just chairman of the company.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — For an evening, some migrants in Bosnia were able to escape the hardship of their everyday lives for the glamour of fashion world.

NEW YORK — A federal judge rejected OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement of thousands of lawsuits over the opioid epidemic Thursday because of a provision that would protect members of the Sackler family from facing litigation of the

Most Americans should be given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot that can cause rare but serious blood clots, U.S. health officials said Thursday.

CALGARY — Cenovus Energy Inc. says it has reached a deal to sell its Tucker thermal oilsands project in northeast Alberta for $800 million. The Calgary-based company did not immediately disclose the name of the buyer.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,739.78, down 29.38 points.) Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Financials. Down 36 cents, or 1.5 per cent, to $23.54 on 9.

TORONTO — The makeup of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s main stock index helped it to outpace most U.S. counterparts Thursday, even as North American markets gave up some gains following the U.S. Federal Reserve plan to attack inflation.