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TORONTO — A broad-based decline pushed Canada's main stock index lower midweek while a high inflation reading helped materials, with gold prices climbing to a five-month high.

NEW YORK (AP) — Adele attracted 10.3 million viewers to a busy Sunday night special where she debuted new music, facilitated a marriage proposal and dished with Oprah Winfrey about her divorce and workout routine.

As food manufacturers grapple with rising costs and supply chain issues, two of Canada's biggest grocers are signalling the potential for higher prices and the spotty availability of some products in the coming months. Loblaw Companies Ltd.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Dairy farmers in flood-affected British Columbia are being asked to dump milk because mudslides and road washouts have made it impossible to transport The B.C.

B.C.'s cannabis industry is bracing for difficulties with getting products to distributors and stores after storms, massive floods and mudslides hit the province this week.

TORONTO — U.S. exchange operator Cboe Global Markets Inc. is expanding its Canadian footprint by buying Aequitas Innovations, Inc., more commonly known as NEO, for an undisclosed price.

Canada's grocery industry is facing rising inflation with more food cost increases expected to hit supermarkets in the coming months, the head of one of the country's largest grocery chains said Wednesday.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 4.7 per cent in October, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 4.5 per cent (4.4) — Prince Edward Island: 6.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 4.7 per cent in October, Statistics Canada says.

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Construction of new homes in the U.S. fell 0.