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Consumer insolvencies were up 16.3 per cent in November 2022 compared with the same month the year prior, and business insolvencies were up 58.3 per cent. Meanwhile, consumer insolvencies for the 12-month period ended Nov. 30, 2022 were up 9.

OTTAWA — Bond portfolios took a beating in 2022 as interest rates climbed, but experts say investors shouldn't neglect bonds this year as the Bank of Canada nears the end of its rate hike cycle.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country's merchandise trade balance slipped into a small deficit in November as energy exports fell.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,588.83, up 145.06): Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSX:TD). Financials. Up $1.14, or 1.30 per cent, to $88.81 on 19.9 million shares.

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TORONTO — Strength in the financial and technology sectors helped lead Canada's main stock index higher in late-morning trading despite weakness in energy stocks as the price of oil fell. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 91.66 points at 19,535.

Lawyer Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a tenured professor at the University of British Columbia’s Allard School of Law and the former academic director of UBC’s Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, is no longer with the unive

G2 Energy Corp. (Green 2 Blue Energy Corp.) is among seven companies from the Bridgemark case to face a hearing notice for misrepresentations made to investors. Up to four hearings may be heard at the B.C. Securities Commission in 2023.

These corporate claims were filed with the BC Supreme Court registry in Vancouver. Information is derived from notices of civil claim. Civil claims have not been tested or proven in court. Defendants Fountana Plaza LP and Fountana Plaza GP Corp.

TORONTO — Strength in the industrial and utility sectors helped lead Canada's main stock index higher, while U.S. stock markets fell in late-morning trading to start the year. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 89.50 points at 19,474.42.