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Construction on a controversial gas pipeline project in British Columbia's northern Interior has been suspended while the company investigates claims that Indigenous artifacts were found on a work site. The Unist'ot'en Clan of the Wet'suwet'en Nation says it found two stone tools where TransCanada-owned Coastal Gaslink is currently building the camp that will house workers near Houston, B.C. Source

Construction on a controversial gas pipeline project in British Columbia's northern Interior has been suspended while the company investigates claims that Indigenous artifacts were found on a work site. The Unist'ot'en Clan of the Wet'suwet'en Nation says it found two stone tools where TransCanada-owned Coastal Gaslink is currently building the camp that will house workers near Houston, B.C. Source

MONTREAL -- A former SNC-Lavalin executive and his lawyer had obstruction of justice charges against them stayed Friday on the grounds that it took too long to bring the case to trial. The engineering company's former executive vice-president Sami Bebawi and his lawyer, Constantine Kyres, were initially charged with obstruction in 2014. Source

DALLAS -- Major U.S. airlines say they will soon change their ticketing process to give passengers an option to identifying themselves as male or female. The gender option on airline sites will soon include choices such as "Mx. Source

CALGARY -- Enbridge Inc. is confident that its Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project will come into service by the end of the year in spite of a renewed challenge launched this week by the newly elected governor of Minnesota. Source

Canopy Growth Corp.'s revenue soared in its latest quarter on its first sales of recreational cannabis, but the licensed producer's loss from operations widened. The Smiths Falls, Ont.-based company reported revenue of $97.7 million in the quarter ended Dec. Source

Canopy Growth Corp. expects to have CBD products in the U.S. where permissible as early as the fourth-quarter, but says the related hemp-production facilities it has in the works can easily switch to cannabis if and when it becomes federally legal south of the border. Source

TORONTO -- Canada's main stock index was up substantially Friday morning in a broad-based advance. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 153.13 points at 15,849.11 after 90 minutes of trading. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 335.63 points at 25,775.02. Source

TORONTO -- Canada's main stock index posted a triple-digit gain Friday after oil hit a three-month high to extend the market's winning streak to six weeks. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 142.26 points to 15,838.24. Source

LEAMINGTON, Ont. -- Cannabis producer Aphria Inc. says a review of its governance procedures revealed certain non-independent directors had conflicting interests in its acquisition of several Latin American companies. The company says a separate review of the takeover of the companies in Jamaica, Argentina and Colombia found the purchase price for the deal to be within an acceptable range, and assets for all three companies were in place. Source