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WASHINGTON — Federal authorities expressed increased alarm Thursday about a long-undetected intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russian hackers.

Trans Mountain says it is shutting down construction on its pipeline expansion project until early January for safety reasons.

CALGARY — Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc. says shareholders have voted in favour of a deal to take the company private. The company says 72.

MONTREAL — Le Chateau Inc. says its founder and his wife have left the insolvent company as it prepares to close its doors. Herschel Segal and his wife, Jane Silverstone Segal, resigned as directors effective Wednesday.

TORONTO — North American stock markets continued to grind higher Thursday on new hopes of a U.S. stimulus package and continued support from the U.S. Federal Reserve. U.S.

A lawyer for Hudson's Bay Co. says Ontario regulations that force some retailers to close while others that sell similar merchandise are allowed to remain open are “irrational and arbitrary.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (17,652.94, up 85.52 points.) Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Up five cents, or 0.22 per cent, to $22.36 on 11.1 million shares.

Ontario is creating a travel tax credit to help reinvigorate the province's tourism industry when COVID-19 restrictions are eased.

TORONTO — Ontario's legal cannabis industry is gaining ground in its fight against the illicit market, but the progress likely won't last long because of COVID-19 lockdowns.

HALIFAX — Pandemic-related costs continue to hammer Nova Scotia's finances with the province now forecasting a $778.8-million deficit for the 2020-21 fiscal year.