National Business

MONTREAL — WSP Global Inc. says it has signed a deal to buy Ricardo plc in an agreement that values the engineering consulting firm at about $670 million. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Ricardo operates in over 20 countries.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military has shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korea propaganda along the inter-Korean border, marking the new liberal government’s first concrete step toward easing tensions between the war-divide

The last time the jobless rate for students was this high outside the pandemic was in May 2009.

LONDON (AP) — Senior U.S. and Chinese negotiators have agreed on a framework to get their trade negotiations back on track after a series of disputes that threatened to derail them, both sides have said.

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday that U.S.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's auditor general has found "significant deficiencies" in the operations of the province's public housing agency, saying the stock of subsidized homes managed by the Crown corporation is not well maintained.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Civil Resolution Tribunal says a note left on a car about a "dinged" door was a binding contract to pay repair costs.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says its five-year plan to bring about sweeping reforms in housing and care for people with disabilities is behind schedule in some areas, but gaining momentum. "We're getting there ...

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's electric utility company paid $1.

OTTAWA — The union representing 55,000 postal employees says Canada Post is refusing to meet it "halfway" on arbitration, with talks stalled and the two sides still far apart.