National Business

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.

TORONTO — North American stock markets surged Thursday in a broad rally led by the energy sector as crude oil prices rebounded from two days of weakness.

BLACKS HARBOUR, N.B. — A subsidiary of seafood giant Cooke Inc. has purchased a Nova Scotia-based provider of trucking and transportation services. Shoreland Transport Inc. says it has acquired Connors Transfer Ltd.

CALGARY — A worker has died in an incident at Suncor Energy Inc.'s Base Mine in Alberta. The Calgary-based energy company confirmed Thursday that a contractor was killed Thursday morning at the site north of Fort McMurray.

MONTREAL — Passengers and advocates say Air Canada is giving them the runaround on refunds, compensation and reasons cited for flight delays and cancellations — including a case of harsh weather highlighted nearly two weeks in advance.

TORONTO — Gasoline prices dropped about 12 cents a litre overnight in Ontario and are down across much of Canada after a big dip in the price of crude oil this week that analysts say could be linked to recession fears.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS commissioner has asked the Treasury Department’s inspector general to immediately review the circumstances surrounding intensive tax audits that targeted ex-FBI Director James Comey and ex-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, both

TORONTO — Canada is headed towards a recession in 2023, but it will be short-lived and not as severe as prior downturns, according to a new report from RBC.

CALGARY — Crescent Point Energy Corp. is raising its quarterly dividend after announcing it has sold off some of its non-core assets and reached its net debt target ahead of schedule.