National Business

TORONTO — Losses in industrial stocks weighed on the Toronto market as Canada's main stock index finished lower on Friday, while U.S. stock markets were mixed amid a quieter trading day.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed its third winning week in the last four with a quiet finish. The S&P 500 edged down by a whisper, less than 0.1%, on Friday after setting its all-time high the day before.

BURNABY — A release of toxic bromine gas into the air in an industrial area of Burnaby, B.C., sent four workers to hospital and forced the evacuation of 80 others.

OTTAWA — Canada and New Zealand have settled a trade dispute over Ottawa's dairy-sector protections that regulate the cost and supply of products such as milk and cheese.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging workers to reject Canada Post's latest contract offer, saying a government-imposed vote on the Crown corporation's "best and final" offer sets a dangerous precedent.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release some previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Office of Management and Budget to allow the funds to be sent to sta

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced tighter rules around steel imports this week.

HOUSTON (AP) — Chevron has scored a critical ruling in Paris that has given it the go-ahead for a $53 billion acquisition of Hess and access to one of the biggest oil finds of the decade.

HALIFAX — An idle Cape Breton underground coal mine that has been plagued by rockfalls is up for sale. Nova Scotia-based Morien Resources Corp.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, but a new survey shows that Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy. About two-thirds of U.S.