Skip to content

National Business

Stock market today: Wall Street ends higher, sending Nasdaq to a record high

Stock market today: Wall Street ends higher, sending Nasdaq to a record high

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended higher on Wall Street, sending the Nasdaq composite to another record. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, and is sitting just shy of its own all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.3%.
Read more >
Argentina reports its first single-digit inflation in 6 months as markets swoon and costs hit home

Argentina reports its first single-digit inflation in 6 months as markets swoon and costs hit home

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s monthly inflation rate eased sharply to a single-digit rate in April for the first time in half a year, data released Tuesday showed, a closely watched indicator that bolsters President Javier Milei’s severe
Read more >
Federal Tory Leader Poilievre targets illicit drugs in B.C. hospitals

Federal Tory Leader Poilievre targets illicit drugs in B.C. hospitals

VANCOUVER — Federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Conservatives will put forward legislation that would forbid Ottawa from "ever" granting provinces exemptions to allow illicit drug use in hospitals.
Read more >
$1.6B parts plant for Honda electric vehicle batteries coming to Niagara Region

$1.6B parts plant for Honda electric vehicle batteries coming to Niagara Region

A Japanese company is building an approximately $1.6-billion plant in Ontario's Niagara Region that will make a key electric vehicle battery component as part of Honda's supply chain in the province.
Read more >
Fed's Powell downplays potential for a rate hike despite higher price pressures

Fed's Powell downplays potential for a rate hike despite higher price pressures

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank is unlikely to raise its key interest rate in response to signs of stubborn inflation and underscored his view that price increases would soon start to cool agai
Read more >
Environment groups, First Nation want public hearing on Pathways carbon capture plans

Environment groups, First Nation want public hearing on Pathways carbon capture plans

CALGARY — Environmental organizations, a northern Alberta First Nation and a group of concerned landowners are asking the Alberta Energy Regulator to conduct a full-scale environmental impact assessment of the oilsands' industry's massive proposed ca
Read more >
Hydro One raises dividend, reports $293M Q1 profit, up from $282M a year earlier

Hydro One raises dividend, reports $293M Q1 profit, up from $282M a year earlier

TORONTO — Hydro One Ltd. raised its quarterly dividend as it reported its first-quarter profit rose compared with a year earlier, helped by higher revenue. The power utility says it will pay a quarterly dividend of 31.42 cents per share, up from 29.
Read more >
Already expensive, planning for fertility treatment difficult as costs vary widely

Already expensive, planning for fertility treatment difficult as costs vary widely

Being unable to have a child naturally can be extremely difficult.
Read more >
Wholesale price increases accelerated in April as inflation remains sticky

Wholesale price increases accelerated in April as inflation remains sticky

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices rose sharply last month, a sign that inflation pressures remain stubbornly high after three elevated readings in consumer prices to start the year.
Read more >
Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales down 1.1% in March

Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales down 1.1% in March

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain, fell 1.1 per cent to $81.4 billion in March.
Read more >