National Business

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. says it will make more money than expected this year and is still "on track" to close its $26 billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. by the end of the quarter.

OTTAWA — Canada's headline inflation barometer struck 6.7 per cent in March, an annual rate that Statistics Canada said hasn't been seen since January 1991 when the consumer price index registered a 6.9 per cent annual reading.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two methane explosions at a coal mine in southern Poland killed five people and injured more than 20 early Wednesday, the Polish prime minister said. Seven others were missing.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 6.7 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 6.7 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 6.3 per cent (5.1) — Prince Edward Island: 8.

BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai allowed 4 million more people out of their homes Wednesday as anti-virus controls that shut down China's biggest city eased, while the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast of Chinese economic growth and warned the glob

LONDON (AP) — A British judge on Wednesday formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges.

CALGARY — As Ontario's sizzling real estate market puts home ownership out of reach for many Canadians, a growing number of prospective buyers are looking west in hopes of achieving their white-picket-fence dreams.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.

TORONTO — The Ontario government is giving property sellers the option of disclosing the details of competing offers, but not going as far as to ban blind bidding.