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TORONTO — Investors watching bank earnings that start this week will be keeping a keen eye on any hints at how the institutions expect to fare with the two big trends this year: rate hikes and inflation. The central banks of Canada and the U.S.

TORONTO — When cannabis was headed toward legalization in Canada, Edmonton entrepreneur Keenan Pascal noticed people from every walk of life entering the industry.

OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency will begin accepting income tax returns Monday, marking the official start of tax-filing season.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Bank earnings Royal Bank of Canada will be the first of Canada's big banks to say how it fared in its first-quarter result when it releases results on Thursday.

CALGARY — Chase Edgelow is on a mission to acquire vast quantities of garbage. His company, Vancouver-based EverGen Infrastructure Corp., was founded just two years ago and has already snapped up two organic waste processing facilities in B.C.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Embassy announced Friday that Washington is lifting a ban on inspections of Mexican avocados, freeing the way for exports to resume.

Leave it to Elon Musk to stir up controversy without saying — or tweeting — a word. In November, according to a regulatory filling, the Tesla CEO donated to charity about 5 million shares of company stock, worth $5.7 billion.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Friday formally adopted sweeping new rules that will limit the ability of its top officials to invest in financial markets, a change intended to prevent conflicts of interest involving investments affected by

CALGARY — An eye-popping 70 per cent increase in the projected price tag for the Trans Mountain expansion was met Friday by jeers from environmental groups and a pledge from the federal government to put no additional public money toward the project.

TORONTO — The door could open up for greater media competition in New Brunswick as Toronto-based Postmedia gears up to purchase all of the daily and weekly newspapers owned by the Irving family for more than $16 million in cash and shares.