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CAIRO -- An Egyptian court on Sunday adjourned until July 4 the case of a hulking cargo vessel that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week earlier this year. The decision came after both legal teams of the Suez Canal and the vessel's owners asked for more time for negotiations that aim at resolving their financial dispute. Source

Aspen Pharmacare Canada is recalling one lot of Linessa 21, a prescription birth control pill, due to missing and mispackaged pills, Health Canada said in an alert. Some of the affected blister packs — lot 200049, which expire in March 2023 — may have missing pills, more than one tablet in the same blister pocket or pills in the wrong order, according to the recall alert issued on Saturday. Source

TORONTO -- With fiscal spending booming and households flush with cash, investors are betting that the Bank of Canada's next tightening cycle, expected to begin in 2022, will result in interest rates climbing above the previous peak for the first time in decades. Source

Restaurants across the country have been grappling with rising food prices since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but for Blair Lebsack, some of the most shocking increases have been for his restaurant's less flashy ingredients. Source

Miss something this week? Don't panic. CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need. Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every Friday. A new study has found 'forever chemicals' in hundreds of cosmetics. Source

With home prices in Canada at stratospheric levels and a commercial property something few individuals can afford to buy, two companies are offering Canadians a way to get in on the action. It's called fractional ownership, and it allows individuals to buy a share in a single house, apartment building or industrial park. Source

TORONTO -- Roaring back from shutdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans are on an unprecedented spending spree that is driving up prices and hampering global supply chains. “We’ve got this huge economy restarting from a low point that it hit about a year ago, and it’s coming straight up like a rocket,” George Calhoun, a professor at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, explained to CTV National News. Source

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. -- A federal judge on Friday ruled for Florida in a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order making it difficult for cruise ships to resume sailing due to the coronavirus pandemic. Source

As vaccination rates rise and employers start to think about resuming regular working routines, many firms are considering adopting a hybrid policy — where workers will divide their time between time in the office and time spent working at home. Source

Canadians took out almost $18 billion worth of new mortgage debt in April, the fastest monthly increase on record and enough to bring total housing debt to almost $2 trillion. Statistics Canada reported Friday that while consumers appear to be tightening their belts when it comes to other forms of debt, they seemingly have an inexhaustible appetite to borrow money to purchase and renovate homes. Source