National Business

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump announced more trade deals this week as his deadline for Canada and the United States to negotiate a new economic and security agreement draws closer.

TORONTO — Gains in consumer and financial stocks helped lift Canada's main stock index to finish higher Wednesday, while U.S. markets reached new highs after the announcement of a U.S.-Japan trade deal. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 51.

REGINA — An annual Saskatchewan comic and pop culture convention has gone the way of Superman's planet Krypton, leaving behind a trail of sad and disappointed fans.

HALIFAX — Canada’s national housing agency says the number of annual residential construction starts in Nova Scotia must double for ten years for the market to reach pre-pandemic affordability levels, a target the province says is doable — with multi

CALGARY — Whitecap Resources Inc., fresh off its $15-billion combination with Veren Inc., has reported higher revenues and oil and gas production in its latest quarterly results. The Calgary-based oil and gas producer says net income was $310.

HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe wrapped three days of meetings with his fellow premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday with a message he admitted he wouldn't have sent over the past decade.

NEW YORK (AP) — As the stock market pushes into record territory and some companies trade at lofty levels, investors are once again looking for bargains among some of Wall Street's beaten down companies.

EDMONTON — Alberta is paying out more than $140 million to end one of five lawsuits launched against it over its coal mining policies.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to more records following a trade deal between the world’s No. 1 and No. 4 economies. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% Wednesday, setting another all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.

CHARLOTTETOWN — A fire on a ferry in Prince Edward Island in 2022 that forced an emergency evacuation has led Canada's transportation safety board to launch a national investigation into ship fires and the responses to them.