National Business

SYDNEY, N.S. — The federal government is promising $2.7 million to help the airport in Sydney, N.S., recover from losses suffered because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding for the J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport, located in Cape Breton, N.S.

Before the pandemic brought the travel industry to a near standstill, the documentsoutlining entry requirements that Kristin Hoogendoorn would hand her clients prior to a trip typically consisted of a single page.

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. has issued three safety recalls affecting 850,000 vehicles in North America, including nearly 42,000 in Canada.

OTTAWA — Canadian wholesale sales rose for a third consecutive month to set a record in May, helped by rising food and machinery sales, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency said wholesale sales were up 0.5 per cent in May at $72.

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts slowed in June. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts fell 1.

VANCOUVER — Methanex Corp. is raising its dividend after slashing its quarterly payment to shareholders last year at the start of the pandemic. The methanol producer says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 12.5 cents US per share, up from 3.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s emergency officials say they have found a plane that has gone missing in Siberia and all of its 19 passengers and crew are alive.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Some bookstores in Hungary placed notices at their entrances this week telling customers that they sell "non-traditional content.

SEATTLE (AP) — A judge ordered former Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers star Richard Sherman released from jail without bail Thursday following his arrest on suspicion of trying to break in to his in-laws’ home.

CALGARY — Farmers are calling for emergency disaster relief as drought ravages crops and pastures across the Prairie provinces and beyond.