National Business

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index continued to rise Thursday, boosted by gains in energy stocks, while U.S. stock markets moved lower with the post-election rally appearing to be in the rearview mirror.

AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. continued to tout its nuclear business as one of the keys to its growth strategy amid a record-high backlog last quarter.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped as the market’s big burst following Donald Trump’s election continued to cool. The S&P 500 dipped 0.6% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.6%.

VANCOUVER — The federal government is providing more than $574 million in financing to help build about 950 rental homes in Vancouver.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that the Federal Reserve will likely cut its key interest rate slowly and deliberately in the coming months, in part because inflation has shown signs of persistence and the Fed's officials want to

TORONTO — The Professional Women’s Hockey League says all 90 games of its upcoming second regular season will be shown by its Canadian broadcast partners.

OTTAWA — The NDP would remove the GST on all "essentials" if it forms the government after the next election, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday.

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CALGARY — TransAlta Corp. has reached a deal with the Competition Bureau to address the regulator's concerns about its plan to acquire Heartland Generation Ltd. and its power generation business in Alberta and B.C.

DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. will pay a penalty of up to $165 million to the U.S. government for moving too slowly on a recall and failing to give accurate recall information.