The Mix

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC's “Today” show is without both of its hosts and addressed Hoda Kotb's absence on the program Wednesday. Kotb is dealing with an unspecified “family health matter," the show's Craig Melvin said.

TORONTO — Aecon Group Inc. has signed a deal to sell its road building business in Ontario to Green Infrastructure Partners Inc. (GIP) for $235 million in cash.

The push for new, appealing electric vehicles has gained considerable momentum recently. The next few years will see a rollout of EVs in every popular automotive segment, increasing competition and decreasing prices.

TOKYO (AP) — A new Haruki Murakami novel will be published in April and the publisher is saying little about it except that the Japanese manuscript is around 1,200 pages and the plot involves “a story that had long been sealed.

MILAN (AP) — Putting olive oil in coffee is hardly a tradition in Italy, but that didn't stop Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz from launching a series of beverages that do just that in Milan, the city that inspired his coffee house empire .

TORONTO — The federal government's move to ban TikTok on its phones should make companies think twice about their data policies and consider blocking the app on its own devices, academics say.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government’s new budget will spend more as the economy shrinks.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The man credited with inventing the cellphone 50 years ago had only one concern then about the brick-sized device with a long antenna: Would it work? These days Martin Cooper frets like everybody else about his invention’s imp

Toronto Pearson International Airport plans to cap the number of flights into and out of Canada's largest air hub in peak travel periods this year, with a view to "flatten out" daily crests at airports awash in passengers.

EDMONTON — Alberta is predicting a $2.4-billion budget surplus for its petro-powered economy this year, with plans to take a big bite out of its debt and put up guardrails to prevent eye-popping deficits when oil booms go bust.