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TORONTO — First National Financial Corp. says it has agreed to be sold in a roughly $2.9 billion deal. The mortgage firm says private equity funds managed by Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc.

DoorDash Inc. is asking the Competition Tribunal to throw out a case accusing it of misleading Canadian customers by advertising food deliveries at a lower price than customers actually wind up paying.

ALBANY, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND — Tolls on the Confederation Bridge linking Prince Edward Island to Canada's mainland will drop sharply starting Aug. 1, along with several other Atlantic travel fees, the prime minister said Monday.

VANCOUVER — Premier David Eby used British Columbia's latest call for more power sources to invite American clean energy producers to the province after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized "ugly" windmills in Scotland.

MONTREAL — Air Canada flight attendants start voting today on whether to give a strike mandate to their union. The vote, running through to Aug.

Bell Canada has announced a partnership with artificial intelligence company Cohere to provide full-stack sovereign AI solutions for government and enterprise customers across Canada.

QUÉBEC — iA Financial Corp. Inc. says it has reached a deal to buy RF Capital Group Inc., which operates under the Richardson Wealth brand, for $370 million.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Top trade officials from China and the United States arrived for a new round of talks in Stockholm on Monday in a bid to ease tensions over tariffs between the world’s two biggest national economies. U.S.

WHISTLER — First Nations Bank of Canada says it has reached a deal to help fund a new Indigenous-led development in Whistler, B.C.

OTTAWA — The pace of auto theft is dropping in Canada thanks to collective efforts to crack down on thieves, says an industry group focused on insurance fraud and crime.