National Business

MONTREAL — The union representing some 2,400 Via Rail Canada employees has issued a strike notice that could see workers off the job on Monday.

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's June employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 4.9 per cent (5.1) Employment rate: 61.7 per cent (61.9) Participation rate: 64.9 per cent (65.

BERLIN (AP) — German energy supply giant Uniper said Friday it is asking the government for a bailout amid a growing natural gas crunch due to the war in Ukraine.

NARA, Japan (AP) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials s

CALGARY — To outsiders, it's a rodeo — a 10-day party featuring cowboy hats, country music and an abundance of pancakes.

TOKYO (AP) — Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” manga comic and trading card game, has died, apparently while snorkeling in southwestern Japan, the coast guard said Friday.

CALGARY — Lyndsey Smith, a third-year agribusiness student at Olds College in Alberta, was surprised when she heard that long-standing industry organization the Canadian Cattlemen's Association had changed its name.

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Gov.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,063.17, up 333.51 points.) Argonaut Gold Inc. (TSX:AR). Materials. Up 7.5 cents, or 17.6 per cent, to 50 cents on 16.

VANCOUVER — Clothing retailer Aritzia Inc. put together another attractive quarter as net profits soared 86 per cent on a big jump in revenues. The Vancouver-based company says it earned $33.