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Maple Leaf Foods Inc. continued to navigate weaker consumer demand in the third quarter as it looked ahead to the spinoff of its pork business in 2025.

The head of flight simulator maker CAE Inc. is closely watching events in the U.S. after last week's election, but said he isn't immediately worried that the incoming president will shake things up too much for the business.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index climbed higher Wednesday, led by strength in technology stocks, while U.S. markets were mixed, hovering around recent highs reached in the wake of the presidential election.

HALIFAX — Promises to build 30,000 affordable rental homes, make Halifax ferries free and temporarily remove the provincial tax on gasoline were centrepieces of the Nova Scotia NDP election platform released Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted near their records after the latest inflation update boosted hopes that more help for the economy will arrive next month from another cut to interest rates. The S&P 500 ended little changed Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's second administration is filling up with some of his most loyal supporters and many of the people landing top jobs have been critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and security at Canada's border.

LAVAL, Que. — The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven says it has received a new management buyout proposal from a member of the family that helped found the company, offering an alternative to the takeover bid from Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

A Halifax law firm says a $2.1-million settlement has been proposed in a class action filed against Dell Canada and its parent company Dell USA.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — A court document alleges a man charged with driving into a northern Alberta restaurant, killing an employee, had been medically suspended from driving.

REDWOOD CITY — Electronic Arts has incorporated the Professional Women's Hockey League into its NHL 25 video game.