National Business

TORONTO — Aecon Group Inc. has signed a deal to buy U.S. company United Engineers & Constructors Inc. from CriticalPoint Capital LLC for US$33 million in cash.

CALGARY — Canada is on track to be the world's third-largest wheat exporter for the second year in a row as crop production in the prairie provinces continues to increase.

TORONTO — A major amusement park is part of Ontario's grand vision to turn the Niagara region into Las Vegas north, but Marineland may not fit the bill, the provincial tourism minister says.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Testing has ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, the company said Sunday. It will resume selling the Quarter Pounder in the coming week.

MONTREAL — Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal walked off the job early Sunday for a one-day strike aimed at putting pressure on their employer amid difficult contract talks.

TORONTO — Ontario is moving to extend a 5.7-cent cut to the provincial gas tax until next summer.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:

WASHINGTON — When B.C. teenager Amanda Todd sat in front of her computer and detailed the relentless bullying and extortion she'd faced on social media, it sent a shock wave to parents around the world.

TORONTO — When a severe tropical cyclone hit New Zealand in February 2023, it left thousands on the country's North Island without internet or cellphone service for nearly a week, as major roads carrying vital fibre optic cables were washed out.

WASHINGTON — Environmental experts are warning American voters that whoever takes the White House could set a path forward or pull the world backwards at a critical time for the climate crisis.