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MONTREAL — Canadians face a fresh wave of scams as fraudsters seize on the Canada Post strike to try to trick victims out of their cash.

Canadians have flocked to malls and online stores for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and their surrounding sales period, but at least one tech firm found shopping activity is less fervent than last year.

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is slashing jobs for the second time in a year as it continues a strategic review.

OTTAWA — The small business loan program the federal government rolled out during the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't managed with "due regard for value for money," auditor general Karen Hogan said Monday.

WINDSOR, N.S., Ont. — A Nova Scotia support agency for homeless people is holding a memorial service on Dec. 11 for a man found dead last week at the site of an ice fishing tent where he lived in Windsor, N.S.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index moved lower Monday, weighed down by weakness in energy stocks, while U.S. stock markets were mixed on the first trading day of December.

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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, the struggling chipmaker said Monday in a surprise announcement.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that he is leaning toward supporting an interest rate cut when the Fed meets in two weeks but that evidence of persistent inflation before then could cause him to change that view.

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