National Business

VANCOUVER — Canfor Corp. says it is curtailing production capacity at its Canadian sawmills beginning Monday as a result of extreme wildfire conditions in Western Canada.

NEW YORK (AP) — Shark Week just finished its 33rd edition on Discovery, a television event so old that one advertising executive joked it could have its own children.

MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. nearly doubled earnings and revenues in its second quarter as the company began to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Montreal-based railway earned $1.03 billion or $1.

CALGARY — WestJet says it is not seeking financial aid from the federal government after months of talks between Ottawa and the airline.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder is suing over a decision by California election officials to block him from running in the September recall election that could oust Gov.

MONTREAL — Quebec bar owners say they don't understand why the COVID-19 health order preventing alcohol sales after midnight is still in effect, and they say the rule is hurting business and leading some patrons to drink irresponsibly.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,942.71, up 216.26 points.) Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Industrials. Up 10 cents, or 7.3 per cent, to $1.47 on 8.0 million shares.

TORONTO — North American stock markets finished strong on Tuesday as they rebound from a sharp sell-off that was sparked by concerns around COVID-19 variants on Monday.

Stocks jumped on Wall Street Tuesday, making up much of the ground they lost a day earlier when worries flared about spreading cases of the more contagious variant of COVID-19.

CALGARY — U.S. businesses are waiting anxiously for an expected announcement on when the American border will reopen to Canadian tourists. "I'll be ecstatic . . .