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If you catch COVID-19 abroad, can you come home — and if not, who pays the bill?

If you catch COVID-19 abroad, can you come home — and if not, who pays the bill?

Many Canadians are itching to travel overseas — or at least over the U.S. border — after 20 months stuck inside the country amid COVID-19 health measures and travel restrictions. With the U.S.
Gladys Knight's son gets prison over restaurant taxes

Gladys Knight's son gets prison over restaurant taxes

ATLANTA (AP) — The son of R&B legend Gladys Knight has been sentenced to serve two years in prison for failing to withhold payroll taxes for the restaurants that bore his mother's name, federal prosecutors in Atlanta said.
Canada Goose beats quarterly revenue estimates, pushing up share price

Canada Goose beats quarterly revenue estimates, pushing up share price

Sales of Canada Goose Holdings Inc.'s luxury parkas are heating up as economies reopen around the world, with the planned launch of footwear next week expected to send revenues sizzling.
Magna Q3 profit down as auto production falls due to semiconductor chip shortage

Magna Q3 profit down as auto production falls due to semiconductor chip shortage

TORONTO — Magna International Inc. reported its third-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago and cut its outlook for its full year as auto production around the world fell due the shortage of semiconductor chips.
National employment numbers for October from Statistics Canada, at a glance

National employment numbers for October from Statistics Canada, at a glance

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's October employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.7 per cent (6.9) Employment rate: 61.0 per cent (60.9) Participation rate: 65.3 per cent (65.
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for October, by province

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for October, by province

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 13.9 per cent (13.1) _ Prince Edward Island 9.
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for October, by Canadian city

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for October, by Canadian city

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in October. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.
Manulife Financial raises quarterly dividend after ban on increases lifted

Manulife Financial raises quarterly dividend after ban on increases lifted

TORONTO — Manulife Financial Corp. is raising its dividend after a federal regulator lifted a ban on increases by the country's banks and insurance companies that was put in place in the early days of the pandemic.
Russia gets partial win in $50B case over bankrupt oil giant

Russia gets partial win in $50B case over bankrupt oil giant

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday handed Russia at least a temporary victory in an appeal of what’s believed to be the world’s largest award in an arbitration case after former shareholders of bankrupted Russian oil gian
New COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%

New COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer Inc.