Thelma and Glen Perry of Barrie, Ont., claim they were unjustly fined $12,500 for refusing to quarantine in a hotel upon their return to Canada. The couple join a number of Canadians planning to fight their fines in court.

CBC’s Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Statistics Canada says mortgage borrowing hit a record in the second quarter as the amount Canadians owe relative to their income climbed higher.

A federal judge in the U.S. ordered Apple to dismantle part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run App Store, threatening one of the iPhone maker’s biggest moneymakers.

Statistics Canada says the economy added 90,000 jobs in August, the third consecutive monthly increase.

COVID-19 has had a “profound effect” on the Canadian labour market, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said Thursday, as the central bank struggles to understand the impact of “labour slack” and reducing inequality.

Toronto-based Canada Goose Holdings Inc. is in hot water with China, which has fined the winter-apparel maker for allegedly misleading consumers about the materials it uses.

The central bank says it continues to expect the economy to strengthen in the second half of the year, although the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections and supply bottlenecks could weigh on the recovery.

CBC’s Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

New mortgage debt surged by the biggest amount on record in the spring of 2021. But with prices continuing to defy expectations, policy-makers and economists are left wondering: Where does it end?