National Business

The chief executive of Saskatchewan-based uranium miner Cameco Corp. is encouraging investors to tune out the "noise" from global trade and geopolitical upheaval and instead focus on the strong outlook for nuclear power demand.

OTTAWA — Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claim that Canada has been ripping off the United States, new polling suggests the percentage of Americans identifying Canada as their country's most important ally has doubled.

SQUAMISH — Woodfibre LNG says it is hoping to add a second "floatel" at its project site near Squamish, B.C., to house as many as 900 workers for its liquefied natural gas project.

WINNIPEG — Two First Nations groups are joining calls for Hudson's Bay to immediately halt the sale of artifacts and return any cultural, ceremonial and sacred items to the communities that they belong to.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index ended lower after a choppy trading day while U.S. markets jumped on positive earnings from big tech.

VANCOUVER — A teenager who lost his family in a ramming attack at a Vancouver festival is thanking those who donated to a fundraising campaign and says he'll give about half of the proceeds to other victims.

The jury at a coroner’s inquest into a 2019 Ottawa bus crash that killed three people made 60 recommendations on Thursday aimed at preventing similar deaths in the future – including the installation of driver-facing cameras on the city's transit bus

EDMONTON — Alberta's government is seeking a court ruling on the constitutionality of Ottawa's clean electricity grid regulations. The regulations, finalized late last year, lay out a plan to decarbonize electricity grids across Canada by 2050.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it is rethinking the pace of its plan to electrify the transportation sector and will not pump any more public money into vehicle maker Lion Electric.

TORONTO — Beleaguered retailer Hudson's Bay has attracted a bid from Canadian Tire, two sources familiar with the sales process say.