National Business

TORONTO — Canada's stock market started the week by moving to within a couple points of its record close with support from the technology and energy sectors. U.S.

Grocery warehouse workers in Canada appear to be holding out for better pay and benefits after the second strike at a distribution centre in as many months. More than 900 workers at Metro Inc.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a rare emergency move, the U.S government temporarily declared a northern Nevada toad endangered Monday, saying a geothermal power plant in the works could result in its extinction.

The Bank of Canada said Monday that Canadian businesses expect average inflation to remain elevated over the next two years, but see interest rate moves and better supply chains cooling things off longer term.

WINNIPEG — Canadian furniture maker Palliser is expanding its North American operations as new products coupled with soaring tariffs on imports from Vietnam and China increase demand for the company's furnishings.

CALGARY — Cenovus Energy Inc. is suspending its practice of crude oil price hedging and warning that it expects steep losses on its existing risk management program in its first quarter.

TORONTO — Two Canadian media and entertainment unions say Cineflix has agreed to pay workers $2.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over unpaid work.

VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales picked up between February and March but are still down from a year ago. The B.C.

TORONTO — Canadian miner Centerra Gold Inc. says it has agreed to sell its business interests in the Kyrgyz Republic and exit the country, settling a long-simmering dispute over one of the biggest gold mines in Central Asia.

WINNIPEG — The U.S. subsidiary of Canadian insurer Great-West Lifeco Inc. has closed a multi-billion dollar deal to buy the U.S. retirement business of Prudential Financial Inc. The $4.