The Mix

Bell's CEO downplayed concerns about cellphone and broadband prices in Canada, which recent studies have shown were among the highest internationally in 2022.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down more than 100 points Thursday amid broad-based losses, while U.S. markets were also down as uncertainty continued to grip the regional banking sector south of the border. Turmoil in the U.S.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Fisher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, a May the Fourth tribute to a beloved “Star Wars” actor that had a touch of stardust.

TORONTO — Shopify Inc. says it will reduce its head count by about 20 per cent and sell its logistics business as it aims to reduce distracting "side quests" in the latest big change by the Canadian tech company.

TORONTO — Loblaw Companies Ltd. says it has reached a deal with TC Energy that will see the grocer's operations in Alberta powered entirely by wind, sun and water.

CALGARY — Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. saw its profits in the first quarter decline 41 per cent year-over-year as oil prices weakened.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed lower as Wall Street’s worries about the U.S. banking system cranked even higher. The S&P 500 lost 0.7% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 286 points and is now down for the year.

TORONTO — The Bank of Canada has shifted its messaging in recent months from the need to get inflation under control to bringing it back down to the two per cent target.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukraine and Russia pressed their wartime rhetoric Thursday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressing confidence that Vladimir Putin would be convicted of war crimes, and the Kremlin alleging that the U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News is opposing a renewed effort by three news organizations to unseal documents related to its recently settled defamation lawsuit, saying it would do nothing but “gratify private spite or promote public scandal.