National Business

CALGARY — Renewable energy companies in Canada are feeling the pinch of higher interest rates, which a new report says could make the net-zero transition more costly and difficult.

TORONTO — Drivers in Eastern Canada are going through sticker shock at the pumps, as prices jumped roughly 10 cents per litre overnight in regions such as Ontario, according to GasBuddy.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,708.44, up 52.39 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up 78 cents, or 1.70 per cent, to $46.67 on 14.6 million shares.

A group of institutional investors is voicing concerns about the rise of virtual-only shareholder meetings that they say risk eroding shareholder democracy. In an open letter released Thursday, the coalition of 38 investors led by the B.C.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained just over 50 points on Thursday, helped by strength in utilities and base metals, while U.S. markets were mixed. The prospect of interest rates in the U.S.

QUEBEC — Hydro-Québec and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake signed an agreement today to jointly own a transmission line that will export electricity to New York City.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The spring homebuying season is off to a sluggish start as home shoppers contend with elevated mortgage rates and rising prices. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell 4.

Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war , further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.

TORONTO — TD Bank chief executive Bharat Masrani says he hopes to be able to say more soon on the investigation into the bank's anti-money laundering measures.

TORONTO — Randi Zuckerberg says she thinks creators should start disclosing when they've used artificial intelligence to produce work because it's "becoming harder and harder to tell what's real.