National Business

VERCHÈRES — Authorities began unloading thousands of tonnes of sugar from a cargo vessel run aground in the St. Lawrence River near Montreal on Friday in an attempt to free the ship. The Federal Yamaska became stuck near Verchères, Que.

TORONTO — The potential shutdown of Canada's largest airline because of a labour dispute has business groups warning of the damage it will do to an already fragile economy.

OTTAWA — Canadian officials negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution at the United Nations say they didn't push other countries to agree to a cap on plastic production because such a measure likely would not be adopted.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged back from their records, led by drops for technology companies, but Wall Street still closed out another winning week. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% Friday, slipping below the record it set a day earlier.

TORONTO — All three levels of government have agreed to single-source a Toronto subway contract in an effort to support Canadian jobs, the city's transit agency announced Friday.

OTTAWA — China is taking its dispute with Canada over steel tariffs to the World Trade Organization. Beijing filed a complaint Friday with the WTO in response to Canadian restrictions on imports that contain steel melted or poured in China.

TORONTO — Ontario's housing minister says the province has approved a plan for Toronto to allow higher and denser buildings near transit stations. Rob Flack says the changes to Toronto's official plan will allow for 1.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers spent at a healthy pace in July, particularly at the nation’s auto dealerships, even as President Donald Trump's tariffs start to take a toll on jobs and lead to some price increases.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A senior lawyer in Australia has apologized to a judge for filing submissions in a murder case that included fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments generated by artificial intelligence.

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in July rose 6.6 per cent compared with a year ago, continuing an upward trend after the market had slowed in previous months.