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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — GOP lawmakers in Utah pushed through a ban on transgender youth athletes playing on girls teams Friday, overriding a veto and joining 11 other states with similar laws amid a nationwide culture war. A veto letter from Gov.

MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc. is seeking shareholder approval at its May annual meeting to allow the board of directors to consolidate and reduce the number of outstanding shares.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (22,005.94, up 68.05 points.) Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Up $1.20, or 2.9 per cent, to $42.41 on 16.4 million shares.

TORONTO — Further gains in the energy sector powered Canada's main stock index higher for a fifth straight week and raised the loonie to almost 80 cents. The energy sector gained 2.

In the wake of allegations against Unifor former national president Jerry Dias, experts say companies should make sure their ethics policies are being clearly communicated to employees.

RED DEER, Alta. — The owners of a café in Red Deer, Alta.

OTTAWA — The Russian invasion of Ukraine is adding to inflationary pressures around the world and in Canada, a senior Bank of Canada official said Friday. In a speech by webcast to a conference at the U.S.

MONTREAL — The union representing about 420 workers at the Molson Coors brewing plant on the South Shore of Montreal are on strike.

BRP Inc. is entering the electric motorcycle business.

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $75.3 billion for the April-to-January period of its 2021–22 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor report, the Finance Department says the tally compared with a deficit of $268.