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MONTREAL — Bell Canada says it has acquired independent telecom provider Distributel.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles federal judge threw out an indictment Friday charging a dive boat captain with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people in a 2019 fire aboard a vessel anchored off the Southern California coast.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,270.85, up 128.13 points.) Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Up 89 cents, or 2.18 per cent, to $41.80 on 14.1 million shares.

Canada's main stock index snapped a five-day losing streak Friday, led by gains in the energy and mining sectors. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 128.13 points at 19,270.

NEW YORK — Stocks gave up an early rally and closed lower Friday, marking their third losing week in a row, extending Wall Street's late-summer slump.

WASHINGTON (AP) — America's employers added a healthy number of jobs last month, yet slowed their hiring enough to potentially help the Federal Reserve in its fight to reduce raging inflation .

A return-to-office showdown is unfolding in Canada and pitting some bosses and workers against each other as the back-to-school season brings with it a renewed push to get employees back into office buildings.

TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) says August sales were down 34 per cent since last year, but up almost 15 per cent from July, as buyers returned to the market to take advantage of prices that eased from winter’s elevated leve

YELLOWKNIFE — The owners of the Gahcho Kué diamond mine in the Northwest Territories say a worker has died of injuries sustained on the job.