National Business

EDMONTON — Alberta’s rainy-day Heritage Fund is getting an extra $2.8 billion, hitting a record high of $30 billion, which is almost double what it was five years ago.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's government says it's bringing in crews from other provinces and countries to fight raging wildfires, as more people have been forced to flee their homes.

ABBOTSFORD — Southern Railway of British Columbia Limited says a road near the Canada-U.S. border crossing has reopened after it was shut when one of its trains derailed overnight in Abbotsford, B.C.

TORONTO — Losses in industrial stocks weighed on the Toronto market as Canada's main stock index finished lower on Friday, while U.S. stock markets were mixed amid a quieter trading day.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed its third winning week in the last four with a quiet finish. The S&P 500 edged down by a whisper, less than 0.1%, on Friday after setting its all-time high the day before.

BURNABY — A release of toxic bromine gas into the air in an industrial area of Burnaby, B.C., sent four workers to hospital and forced the evacuation of 80 others.

OTTAWA — Canada and New Zealand have settled a trade dispute over Ottawa's dairy-sector protections that regulate the cost and supply of products such as milk and cheese.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging workers to reject Canada Post's latest contract offer, saying a government-imposed vote on the Crown corporation's "best and final" offer sets a dangerous precedent.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release some previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Office of Management and Budget to allow the funds to be sent to sta

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced tighter rules around steel imports this week.