National Business

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia judge approved an application Wednesday to protect Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper company from its creditors as SaltWire Network Inc. tries to emerge from insolvency with a restructuring plan.

MONTREAL — Automobile dealers and manufacturers say Quebec's decision to end a rebate for electric vehicle purchases will stop people in the province from buying cleaner cars.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,970.11, up 139.09 points): TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Up 14 cents, or 0.26 per cent, to $55.04 on 21.3 million shares.

TORONTO — Strength in the energy sector helped lead Canada's main stock index higher on Wednesday, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 139.09 points at 21,970.11, with the energy index rising 1.7 per cent.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted to a mixed close on Wall Street as a lull carried through financial markets worldwide. The S&P 500 edged down 0.2% Wednesday, a day after setting an all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.

HALIFAX — A Cape Breton coal mine that had been ordered to cease operations after two roof falls last summer is being permitted to resume year-round production.

TORONTO — Canadian banks face another round of shareholder proposals focused on environmental, social and governance issues at their annual meetings this year, but little new on climate.

CALGARY — Energy giant Enbridge Inc. is urging shareholders at its upcoming annual meeting to vote against a proposal calling on the company to do more to disclose the climate impact of its pipeline business.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says households owed $1.79 in credit market debt on average for every dollar of disposable income in the fourth quarter.

Dollar Tree swung to a surprise fourth-quarter loss and will close nearly 1,000 stores after the discount retailer slashed the value of a rival chain it acquired almost a decade ago.