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Danielle Cosentino used to give bags of unwanted clothes to her cousin every year. While her cousin loved the free stuff, Cosentino grew tired of buying so much and wearing so little.

MONTREAL — Transat AT Inc. says it has named veteran Quebec executive Jean-François Pruneau as its next chief financial officer. Pruneau will start officially at the travel company on Jan. 9.

TORONTO — A new report says more Canadian businesses are missing debt payments. The report by Equifax Canada says overall delinquencies for businesses in the third quarter rose 3.

Heat and chlorine are not swimmer Maggie Mac Neil's friends. The reigning Olympic champion in the women's 100-metre butterfly has navigated both since the Canadian was diagnosed with sports-induced asthma as a teenager.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

VICTORIA — The first blip on the radar signalling a potentially new player in British Columbia politics occurred in the summer byelection to fill the seat vacated by former New Democrat premier John Horgan.

OTTAWA — Canada's tax on Netflix and other foreign digital services companies may be a major irritant for the U.S. tech sector, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it doesn't seem to be much concern to President Joe Biden.

CALGARY — A 17-year-old Calgarian who was arrested as part of a national security investigation is to be prohibited from accessing social media and required to participate in an intervention plan that addresses ideological extremism.

Canada Post says a problem that meant it couldn't accept some parcels with only two weeks to go before Christmas has now been fixed.

Canada has been drawn with Costa Rica, Paraguay and either El Salvador or Guatemala in next year's inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup.