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TORONTO — When investor exuberance in tech stocks faded as COVID-19 spending habits petered out and recession predictions grew, the head of the Silicon Valley Bank's Canadian arm knew what would keep startups going: venture debt.

CALGARY — Parkland Corp. says it has signed a deal with California-based EV charging technology company FreeWire.

NEW YORK (AP) — Novelist Naomi Alderman is a “what if” kind of writer, as in: What if women were able to release electricity through their fingers, the premise of her acclaimed bestseller “The Power "? For her upcoming book, simply and descriptively

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence waned this month as concerns about inflation took hold after receding somewhat in recent months. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 102.5 in October, from 107.

TORONTO — The chair of the Ontario Securities Commission has stepped down less than a year after taking the job. A spokesperson for Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy says the minister accepted Heather Zordel's resignation on Oct. 21.

Canada's economy lost almost $13 billion over the past year due to a nationwide labour and skill shortage in the manufacturing sector, a new report has found.

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced Tuesday in Asia after Wall Street shook off an early bout of unsettled trading and ended higher. U.S. futures edged 0.1% higher and oil prices also gained. Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng gained 0.9% to 15,313.

SASKATOON — Premier Scott Moe touted Saskatchewan’s economic prosperity driven by windfall resource revenues in a speech to business leaders while also signalling the federal government would remain a main focus for the Saskatchewan Party in the upco

TORONTO — Cronos Group Inc. and one of its former executives signed settlements Monday with U.S. and Canadian regulators that accused them of filing inaccurate financial statements.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (18,918.40, up 57.45 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up two cents, or 0.04 per cent, to $51.69 on 11.2 million shares.