National Business

TORONTO — A new study has found that the financial well-being of working Canadians has declined in the past year, with distress growing for those who are financially struggling the most.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says employers were actively seeking to fill 997,000 vacant positions in the second quarter, the highest quarterly number on record. The agency says the number of vacancies for the three-month period was up 4.

Drivers may be in for some sticker shock when it comes time to renew their auto insurance.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 7.0 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 7.0 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 6.4 per cent (6.9) — Prince Edward Island: 8.

VANCOUVER — Canfor Corp. is temporarily cutting production in British Columbia due to what it says are challenging market conditions. The lumber producer says it is taking a two-week curtailment starting Sept.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The separatist leaders of four Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine said Tuesday they were planning to hold votes starting later this week for the territories to become part of Russia as Moscow loses ground in the war it launched.

NEW YORK (AP) — Prime Minister Liz Truss has kicked off her first visit to the United States as Britain’s leader with an admission that a U.K-U.S. free trade deal is not going to happen for years.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile blasted a crater close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Monday, damaging nearby industrial equipment but not hitting its three reactors.

LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss is going from the solemnity of a royal funeral to the maelstrom of international politics, and a crucial meeting with President Joe Biden.