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MONTREAL — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says Montreal-area home sales rose 36 per cent year-over-year in January.

CALGARY — AltaGas Ltd. and Keyera Corp. have signed a deal to work together in a plan they say will see more Canadian energy products reach Asian markets.

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in January. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's January employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets):

LONDON (AP) — The U.K.

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. reported a loss of $121.9 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $216.8 million in the same quarter a year earlier.

A Vancouver Island doctor involved in setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites outside hospitals has resigned from her positions with Island Health, claiming she was placed on leave as punishment for her public advocacy work.

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. has filed a response to the Competition Bureau's allegations against the company of false advertising related to unlimited data plans.

VICTORIA — The mining industry is applauding the British Columbia government's decision to fast-track permits for several projects amid the ongoing U.S.