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Wellington Street West in the financial district of Toronto, on March 25. — Wellington Street West in the financial district of Toronto, on March 25.
Photographer: Galit Rodan/Bloomberg

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Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal

By Shelly Hagan, Kevin Orland, and Sandra Mergulhao

April 2, 2021 at 11:54 AM EDT

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Canada’s financial capital is in a pandemic lockdown that seems to have no end.

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Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal