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TORONTO — Sun Life Financial Inc. has signed a deal to buy U.S. company Pinnacle Care International Inc. for $108 million. PinnacleCare helps people access an initial or second medical opinion to make treatment decisions for complicated diagnoses.

As it becomes increasingly clear that workplaces are a key transmission location in the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, some Canadian employers are offering paid sick leave to their employees in the absence of government action.

TORONTO — An increase in COVID-19 infections and restrictions in the Toronto area have resulted in a dramatic reduction in traffic on the Highway 407 toll road. The company that operates the freeway, 407 International Inc.

TORONTO — Peel Region says Amazon, Maple Leaf Foods and Maple Lodge Farms will hold on-site vaccine clinics for workers in the coming weeks.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,031.64, down 111.61 points.) Pine Cliff Energy Ltd. (TSX:PNE). Energy. Down one cent, or 3.7 per cent, to 26 cents on 12.

TORONTO — North American stock markets moved lower Thursday on a report that U.S. President Joe Biden is planning to nearly double the capital gains tax on wealthier Americans.

CALGARY — New greenhouse gas emission cutting targets are being described as "extremely aggressive," "ambitious" and "illogical" by members of the Canadian oilpatch after they were rolled out at a virtual climate summit of world leaders on Thursday.

The head of Canadian Pacific referred to its rival's bid for U.S. railway Kansas City Southern "fantasyland" as a war of words between Canada's two largest railroads continued to heat up. Canadian National Railway's US$33.

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Consumer Reports said Thursday it was able to easily trick a Tesla into driving in the car's Autopilot mode with no one at the wheel. Its test came just days after a Tesla crashed in Texas, killing the two men in the car.

LONDON — The Bank of England published on Thursday a series of communications showing Britain's former prime minister, David Cameron making repeated efforts for a now-bankrupt financial firm to access a state-backed coronavirus financial support sche