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A flurry of holiday sales saw Shopify Inc. end 2023 with strong revenue growth and profits even as consumers continued to grapple with inflation.

VANCOUVER — The BC Real Estate Association says there was a nearly 30 per cent increase in home sales last month compared with January 2023, while prices were also up.

A Federal Court ruling Tuesday has thrown out a decision from federal Environmental Minister Steven Guilbeault denying a permit for an open-pit coal mine in the Alberta Rockies.

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament have invited several top executives from BCE Inc. and Bell sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ to testify later this month about the company's decision to cut about nine per cent of its workforce this year.

TORONTO — Intact Financial Corp. says it earned $531 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, a 50 per cent increase from earnings of $353 million during the same quarter a year earlier. The Toronto-based company says earnings of $1.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,584.97, down 482.33 points): Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Down 69 cents, or 1.58 per cent, to $42.86 on 11.4 million shares.

OTTAWA — A Tory member of Parliament says a future Conservative government would renegotiate sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s trade deal with Ukraine so it contains no reference to carbon pricing.

TORONTO — sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s main stock index lost more than two per cent on Tuesday on a broad-based decline, following U.S. markets as they slid on news that inflation in January was hotter than expected. U.S. prices rose 3.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell sharply after disappointing data on inflation made investors confront the bitter possibility that interest rates will stay high for months longer than they were hoping. The S&P 500 fell 1.

Police in British Columbia say an investigation spanning several communities has led to the largest one-time seizure of contraband cigarettes in the province, with a retail value of $11 million, along with guns, ammunition and illegal drugs.