National Business

Air Canada's stock closed up almost 14 per cent after it announced a share buyback program, an earnings beat and a higher earnings outlook.

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon led U.S. stock indexes higher, while a surprisingly weak jobs report marred by some unusual occurrences cemented bets on Wall Street for another cut to interest rates next week. The S&P 500 rose 0.

PENTICTON, B.C. — British Columbia's Interior Health Authority has been fined nearly $275,000 after workers were exposed to an unknown substance at a hospital in Penticton.

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, a total that economists say was held down by the effects of strikes and hurricanes that left many workers temporarily off payrolls.

CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says October home sales were mostly flat compared with last year's levels, but remained around one-quarter higher than long-term trends for the month.

TORONTO — Shares of Aecon Group Inc. were up more than 10 per cent after it reported a third-quarter profit that fell compared with a year ago, but topped expectations. The company reported a third-quarter profit of $56.

CALGARY — The Pathways Alliance group of oilsands companies has issued a request for proposals to pipe manufacturers for the massive carbon capture and storage network it wants to build in northern Alberta. The CEO of Imperial Oil Ltd.

MONTREAL — Cogeco Inc. says it will begin a three-year transformation program in its 2025 fiscal year to set the company on what it calls "a path to sustainable growth.

CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. has begun talks with its customers about expanding its Mainline pipeline network to handle growing volumes of Canadian oil output, the Calgary-based company said Friday.

TORONTO — Canadians now have a single place to appeal banking issues after the federal government's simplification of the system took effect Friday.