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TORONTO — Financial regulators say they're looking into allegations of high-pressure sales practices in Canadian bank branches.

OTTAWA — The federal government is barring a company previously co-owned by a Liberal MP and former minister from bidding on contracts with the federal government.

OTTAWA — sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s financial intelligence agency says it is modernizing with the aim of providing valuable information to police and security officials in real time — or as close to that goal as it can get.

The threat of tariffs added a further drag on the loonie, which has been moving lower against the U.S. dollar since September.

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TORONTO — Canadian business leaders say Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods would be a "lose-lose" scenario in which local companies face pressure to lower their costs while their American counterparts pay more.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.'s chief executive says the company is taking a "persistent" but "friendly" approach with the Japanese owner of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain it's trying to acquire.

TORONTO — Ontario's labour minister says the province is planning to introduce a job-protected leave of 16 weeks for people who adopt children or have kids through surrogacy.

TORONTO — Consumer debt rose to a record $2.5 trillion in the third quarter as many Canadians continue to struggle with high living costs and rising unemployment, new surveys from two credit bureaus say.

TORONTO — Another Canadian company is going private after a sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates reached a $4.7-billion deal to buy CI Financial Corp.