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TORONTO — Metro Inc. is filing an unfair labour practice complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board against Unifor over an ongoing strike, arguing it isn't bargaining in good faith, a spokeswoman for the grocer said in a statement.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,879.79, up 188.58 points): Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Finance. Up 29 cents, or 1.22 per cent, to $24.13 on 14.

TORONTO — Technology stocks helped lead a broad-based rally, bringing sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s main stock index up almost 200 points Wednesday, while U.S. stock markets also climbed.

CALGARY — The Alberta Utilities Commission says it will continue to accept and process applications for renewable energy developments in the province, even in the face of a seven-month government-imposed moratorium.

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc.

CALGARY — As politicians spar over whether 2035 or 2050 should be the deadline to attain a net-zero electricity grid in Alberta, the correct answer may lie somewhere in the middle.

CAIRO (AP) — Two tankers carrying oil products and liquefied natural gas collided in a single-lane stretch of the Suez Canal, briefly disrupting traffic through the global waterway, Egyptian authorities said Wednesday.

OTTAWA — Statistics sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ says retail sales rose 0.1 per cent to $65.9 billion in June, lifted by sales at new car dealers.

TORONTO — Business software company Open Text Corp. has acquired Ireland-based KineMatik, which specializes in business process and project management.

TORONTO — The stationery aisles are expected to be busier this year as parents and students return to in-store shopping when stocking up on back-to-school essentials, though their baskets may be a little less full.