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TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,998.38, down 20.44 points.) Athabasca Oil Corp. (TSX:ATH). Energy. Up 25 cents, or 10.4 per cent, to $2.65 on 11.8 million shares.

TORONTO — Extreme weakness at Netflix infected the technology sector and pushed Canada's main stock index slightly lower midweek while the loonie rose on hot inflation data. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 20.44 points to 21,998.38.

OTTAWA — Canada's inflation rate hit 6.7 per cent last month, the fastest annual increase in more than three decades as Russia's attack on Ukraine pushed up oil prices and a pandemic-related supply chain crunch dragged on.

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. says it will make more money than expected this year and is still "on track" to close its $26 billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. by the end of the quarter.

OTTAWA — Canada's headline inflation barometer struck 6.7 per cent in March, an annual rate that Statistics Canada said hasn't been seen since January 1991 when the consumer price index registered a 6.9 per cent annual reading.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two methane explosions at a coal mine in southern Poland killed five people and injured more than 20 early Wednesday, the Polish prime minister said. Seven others were missing.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 6.7 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 6.7 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 6.3 per cent (5.1) — Prince Edward Island: 8.

BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai allowed 4 million more people out of their homes Wednesday as anti-virus controls that shut down China's biggest city eased, while the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast of Chinese economic growth and warned the glob