National Business

OTTAWA — Canada will not accept new parent and grandparent permanent residency sponsorship applications until further notice, according to a ministerial directive.

The Canadian beverage packaging company that processed plant-based milk linked to a listeria outbreak has filed for creditor protection as it plans a restructure of the business.

CALGARY — Some people say it with flowers. Some with an engagement ring. For Keith Beggs, it was a brick surrounded by mortar and placed at Calgary's Olympic Plaza that showed his true intent for the woman who would become his wife.

TORONTO — Environment Canada says two massive summer storms helped catapult Toronto's Pearson International Airport to its wettest year on record.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose Friday, led by strength in technology and telecom stocks, while U.S. markets rallied, led by major tech names as the Nasdaq gained 1.8 per cent. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 175.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied out of its holiday-season funk. The S&P 500 climbed 1.3% Friday, its best day in nearly two months and its first gain since Christmas. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.

Google has sent the $100 million it agreed to pay Canadian news outlets in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act to a journalism organization designed to distribute the funds. The U.S.

MONTREAL — Lion Electric announced Friday it's temporarily laying off around 150 workers in Canada and the U.S., in the context of its ongoing proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA).

Greater Vancouver home sales rose 31.2 per cent on a year-over-year basis in December, capping a "pivot year" for the market that saw the number of homes changing hands in the region tick higher.

The Biden administration released long-awaited final rules Friday for a tax credit that will send billions of dollars to producers of cleaner hydrogen.