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MONTREAL — Gildan Activewear Inc. has cut it 2019 guidance after warning that its third-quarter results will be lower on weaker demand for imprintable apparel in North America and internationally. The low-cost producer says it expects to report Oct.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index fell by less than a point Thursday even as the health care sector surged on the first anniversary of cannabis legalization and the opening of the next frontier with beverages, edibles, topicals and vapes.

OTTAWA — The federal Competition Tribunal has come down in favour of the Vancouver Airport Authority in a case involving catering companies that provide airplane food.

OTTAWA — Canada Post says it is resetting passwords for all online customer accounts after a report that some personal information may have been compromised in 2017.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,426.30, down 0.88 of a point). Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB). Health care. Up 37 cents, 7.81 per cent, to $5.11 on 8.

VANCOUVER — A wide-ranging recall of hundreds of beef and veal products from restaurants, grocery stores and hotels due to possible E. coli contamination is the latest in a slew of high-profile food recalls in Canada.

TORONTO — Members of a class action have no right to appeal a court-approved settlement of the lawsuit, Ontario's top court ruled on Thursday.

BRUSSELS — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's career of disdain for the European Union was a thing of the past on Thursday as he and the bloc's leaders celebrated their long-sought Brexit deal.

SASKATOON — Australian mining giant BHP Group Ltd. says it hopes to make a final investment decision on a massive potash project in Saskatchewan in early 2021.

WASHINGTON — U.S. home building fell last month after reaching a 12-year high in August, driven by a sharp decline in the construction of new apartments. Yet single-family home construction ticked higher for a fourth month.