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OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is widely expected to hold its key interest rate steady on Wednesday as the Canadian economy bends to higher interest rates and inflation resumes its downward trend.

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week.

The Burnaby school board is suing three construction companies for a leak from a water heater at Alpha Secondary School. The board alleges the copper elbow of a pipe was left uninsulated and exposed to freezing temperatures before the leak.

VICTORIA — Up to 250,000 small businesses across Canada face uncertain futures if the federal government continues with its repayment options for a COVID-19 loan program, says Dan Kelly, president of Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

After record high of $17B in 2012, capex in the mining industry declined every year for the next five years

Financial service regulators found insurance broker and mutual fund dealer Alvinder Singh Gill misappropriated over $329,000 of retirement savings from an elderly Langley couple.

The former NDP premier called a snap election in September 2020 during the pandemic state of emergency.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for the federal government to block Royal Bank of Canada's $13.5-billion takeover of HSСÀ¶ÊÓƵ Canada as a way to help with housing affordability.

The city is working to approve more housing and cut red tape