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TORONTO — RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust says retailers offering essential and discount goods are driving growth in its occupancy rates.

It’s easy to forget that the Netflix original film department is still rather young. Five years ago, the streaming service didn’t even really have one. But things move quickly in the competitive streaming world, especially when starting from scratch.

Telus Corp. raised its dividend as it reported a profit of $551 million in its latest quarter, up from $358 million in the same period last year.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Strong sales boosted a Powerball jackpot to an estimated $1.6 billion on Friday, making it the largest lottery prize in history.

TORONTO — Global layoffs orchestrated by new Twitter owner Elon Musk have hit the company's Canadian office with its two most senior leaders announcing they were part of the cuts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers kept hiring vigorously in October, adding 261,000 positions, a sign that as Election Day nears, the economy remains a picture of solid job growth and painful inflation .

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate held steady at 5.2 per cent in October. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate held steady at 5.2 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.3 per cent (9.

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's October employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 5.2 per cent (5.2) Employment rate: 61.6 per cent (61.3) Participation rate: 64.9 per cent (64.

HAY RIVER, N.W.T. — Aaron Campbell and his brother were boating from Yellowknife to Hay River, N.W.T., earlier this fall when they got stuck on a sandbar in the shallow waters of Great Slave Lake near the mouth of the Hay River.