National Business

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to illuminate a world of ideas, died Thursday at age 91.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market ran up to the edge of another record on Thursday. The S&P 500 climbed 0.8% and is sitting just 0.05% below its all-time closing high, which was set in February.

EDMONTON — An Alberta company swept up in allegations of government corruption says it’s being further harmed by the suppression of a report it believes could clear the name of its CEO.

A political decision one thousand kilometres from Jeronimo Kataquapit's home in a remote First Nation near James Bay set the course for his summer.

An Ontario judge has approved a request from the court-appointed receiver to begin the process to sell the gold mine at the centre of a disaster north of Mayo, Yukon.

TORONTO — The Canadian Securities Administrators is proposing to stop the use of chargebacks in the distribution of investment funds.

TORONTO — A climate advocacy group says oil and gas representation on the boards of Canada's big public pensions raise concerns about conflicts of interest.

OTTAWA — The Senate could vote today on Prime Minister Mark Carney's controversial major projects bill — legislation that would give the federal government the power to fast-track projects it hopes will bolster the economy.

QUÉBEC — Quebec's inflation-adjusted GDP grew by 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter. The province's statistics institute says the growth is mainly from increased investment in the business sector.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5% annual pace from January through March as President Donald Trump’s trade wars disrupted business, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in an unexpected deterioration of earlier estimates.