National Business

TORONTO — Scotiabank faced criticism for not moving fast enough on climate change at the bank’s annual general meeting, while prepared remarks for chief executive Brian Porter, who missed the meeting due to COVID-19, focused especially on the economi

OTTAWA — Canada's merchandise trade surplus narrowed in February as imports rose at a faster pace than exports and some border crossings between Canada and the U.S. were blocked by protests.

Last year, Tivona Ko applied for over 100 jobs and ended up taking phone interviews with around 25 companies. Very few of these employers had included salary ranges in their job postings.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug.

Toronto police says it is investigating the former president of Canada's largest private sector union after the union handed over money he allegedly accepted from a supplier of COVID-19 rapid test kits he promoted to members.

TORONTO — Canadian miner Kinross Gold Corp. is selling all of its assets in Russia as a growing number of companies withdraw from the country following the invasion of Ukraine.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch proposed Tuesday a ban on coal imports from Russia in what would be the first EU sanctions targeting the country's lucrative energy industry over its war in Ukraine .

A number of Canadian companies have suspended or moved to withdrawal from Russia following its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Here is a partial list of those firms: Alberta Investment Management Corp .

NEW YORK — Elon Musk is joining Twitter's board of directors a day after disclosing that the Tesla CEO took a 9% stake in the social media platform. Twitter Inc.

CALGARY — Canadian energy company TransAlta Corp. says it has signed a deal with Meta, formerly known as Facebook, to sell the technology giant power generated at a planned U.S. wind project.