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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, ending a four-day losing streak. The S&P 500 added 1.2% Monday. The benchmark index is coming off its worst week in nearly a year and a half.

INGERSOLL, Ont. — Unifor says bargaining has begun with General Motors for workers at the automaker's CAMI assembly plant and battery facility in Ingersoll, Ont.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Power is being fined for the third time in four years for failing to meet annual performance targets for the reliability of its energy grid.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — One month after a judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology.

MONTREAL — Air Canada is preparing for a potential shutdown of most operations next week as it says contract talks with its pilots' union remain far apart.

CALGARY — Calgary's mayor says every skipped toilet flush over the next two weeks will matter as repairs on a troubled water main near the finish line and a treatment plant picking up the slack works full-tilt.

MONTREAL — As the fall session of Quebec’s legislature kicks off this week, Premier François Legault will have to fend off claims his government is past its best-before date, even as he works to shepherd a pivotal energy bill into law.

LAVAL, Que. — Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says it is "disappointed" in a refusal of its takeover offer by the Japanese owner of 7-Eleven and remains focused on reaching a deal.

CALGARY — Pembina Gas Infrastructure Inc. has signed a deal to buy a group of infrastructure assets from Veren Inc. for $400 million. Under the agreement, PGI — a Western Canadian gas processing company jointly owned by Pembina Pipeline Corp.

Air Canada is preparing for a potential shutdown of most operations next week as contract talks with its pilots' union near an impasse. Here are five things Canadians should know about the situation, and how it could affect travel plans.