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Loblaw Companies Ltd. is seeing more participation in its popular PC Optimum loyalty program — and more points being redeemed at checkout.

VICTORIA — B.C.'s Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the expectation of more duties and additional tariffs piled onto Canadian softwood lumber would "absolutely be devastating" for the country's industry.

Canadian grocers, large and small, are seeking alternatives to U.S. products ahead of a potential trade war, while highlighting homegrown products already available on their shelves.

Trade negotiations continue between provincial and federal officials with their U.S. counterparts.

TORONTO — As more than one million mortgages come up for renewal in Canada this year, a new survey says the majority of those homeowners expect to pay more in their monthly borrowing costs.

Loblaw says it's planning to open 80 new grocery and pharmacy stores this year, about 50 of which will be discount grocers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is falsely claiming that tens of millions of dead people over 100 years old are receiving Social Security payments.

TORONTO — If you catch Sasha Ivanov at the supermarket these days, chances are he'll be snapping a photo of something on the store's shelves.

TORONTO — Technology and mining companies topped this year's TSX Venture 50 list amid the ongoing push for a piece of the energy transition, the latest edition of the ranking shows.

TORONTO — An advocacy group is calling on Canada's public pension managers to use their financial heft to more publicly work to reduce climate change as political efforts become less reliable.