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A recent inspection of a Tom's of Maine facility found that the company's toothpaste was made using bacteria-tainted water, among other health violations, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The Competition Bureau says it has advanced an investigation into furniture retailer Leon's and its subsidiary The Brick over deceptive marketing practices.

Two proposed class actions filed this week in U.S. District Court claim that four leading potato companies — including two Canadian ones — have privately swapped intel to inflate the price of frozen potato goods like fries, hash browns and tater tots over the last several years.

Rogers Sports & Media says it has laid off a few dozen employees in its audio business due to uncertainty in the advertising market.

Service Canada has been holding off on mailing out 85,000 passports due to the labour dispute at Canada Post.

Canada's inflation rate ticked up to two per cent in October, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday. The consumer price index had previously hit 1.6 per cent in September, thanks to a steep decline in gas prices.

Politicians and auto industry groups in the U.S. and Canada have upped their criticism of Mexico, expressing concern that the country is becoming a haven for Chinese automakers trying to circumvent North American tariffs on its products.

Video game maker Roblox said on Monday that it is implementing new safety measures for users younger than 13, including permanently removing the ability to message others outside games on its platform.

After the federal government ordered TikTok to close its Canadian offices, content creators and influencers say they're worried that the shutdown means a full ban of the app is in the pipeline.

A statement from Evolink Law Group says anyone in the world who paid a fee for their first checked bag on domestic and international flights during certain periods when they shouldn't have been charged has until Feb. 10, 2025, to submit a claim.

A network outage affecting credit unions across the Canadian Prairies on Friday has delayed automatic deposits and payments.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says about 80 per cent of small businesses in Canada rely on Canada Post for shipping goods or for invoicing or receiving payments.

The Canadian Real Estate Association says the number of homes sold in October rose 30 per cent compared with a year ago, marking a shift from the market's holding pattern that the association has previously described.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) says approximately 55,000 workers in its urban and rural bargaining units are on strike. Both the union and Canada Post say progress in negotiations has been slow, leaving businesses and consumers to fret as busy shopping and holiday periods loom.

In Canada, the homeseller usually pays a commission to real estate agents on both sides of the transaction. But some agents are willing to offer a cashback rebate to home buyers, which works as a kind of discount on the total purchase price.

Some Scotiabank customers are still unable to access their online banking accounts after what the company called "scheduled maintenance" turned into a service outage that crept into Wednesday, sparking online anger and a proposed class action lawsuit.

23andMe is laying off 40 per cent of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, and discontinuing its therapeutics division as the struggling genetic testing company attempts to slash costs.

Federal government departments are still allowed to advertise on TikTok despite mounting security concerns about the social media app, CBC News has learned. 

The union representing Canada Post workers said it will be in a legal strike position on Friday, exactly one year after talks on a new contract began. But the union is holding back on deciding whether a job action will take place immediately.