National Business

TORONTO — Thomson Reuters Corp. says it has acquired Materia, a U.S.-based startup developing an artificial intelligence-powered assistant for the tax, audit and accounting profession. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available.

TORONTO — A new report says many Canadian business leaders are worried about economic uncertainties related to the looming U.S. election.

NORMAN WELLS, N.W.T.

An American food manufacturing company has issued a voluntary recall of various frozen waffle products in the United States and Canada because of potential listeria contamination.

MONTREAL — A push by the federal labour minister to reset relations in a labour standoff at the Port of Montreal has come to naught, as a partial strike drags on.

MONTREAL — TFI International Inc. boosted its sales last quarter despite sputtering transport demand, but the figures fell short of expectations. On Monday, the country's biggest trucking firm reported that net income fell four per cent to $128.

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Sean Casey is the first to publicly confirm that he has signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign, arguing it would be in the best interests of the country to let someone else take the reins.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks pulled back from their all-time highs as some of the steam came out of Wall Street’s long, record-breaking rally. The S&P 500 fell 0.

JASPER, ALTA. — The Alberta government announced Monday that it's building 250 modular housing units in Jasper for residents displaced by wildfire.

LONDON (AP) — Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster took their case for compensation to a UK court Monday, almost nine years after tons of toxic mining waste poured into a major waterway, killing 19 people and devastating local communities