National Business

Canada's main stock index snapped a five-day losing streak Friday, led by gains in the energy and mining sectors. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 128.13 points at 19,270.

NEW YORK — Stocks gave up an early rally and closed lower Friday, marking their third losing week in a row, extending Wall Street's late-summer slump.

WASHINGTON (AP) — America's employers added a healthy number of jobs last month, yet slowed their hiring enough to potentially help the Federal Reserve in its fight to reduce raging inflation .

The spice implicated in the food poisoning of 12 diners at a Markham, Ont., restaurant has been recalled across Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said a recall had been issued for Mr.

A return-to-office showdown is unfolding in Canada and pitting some bosses and workers against each other as the back-to-school season brings with it a renewed push to get employees back into office buildings.

TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) says August sales were down 34 per cent since last year, but up almost 15 per cent from July, as buyers returned to the market to take advantage of prices that eased from winter’s elevated leve

YELLOWKNIFE — The owners of the Gahcho Kué diamond mine in the Northwest Territories say a worker has died of injuries sustained on the job.

OTTAWA — Inflation appears to have peaked but it's still running hot and a supersized rate hike from the Bank of Canada next week is widely expected. Some economists think Wednesday's hike could be the last for a while.

BERLIN (AP) — Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers on Friday pledged to put in place a system designed to cap Russia's income from oil sales, an idea that the nations' leaders had promised to explore at their summit in June.

VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says last month's home sales plunged roughly 40 per cent since August 2021, but were almost unchanged from this past July.