National Business

MONTREAL — For 100 years, H. Fisher & Fils was a fixture of Montreal’s garment industry, serving up orders of buttons, bolts of cloth and sewing supplies from its storefront on St-Laurent Boulevard in the city's Plateau neighbourhood.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will take up a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump's administration, to wipe away limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.

OTTAWA — Tech giants such as Amazon and Google will not have to shell out close to $2 billion as expected today, as Canada moved to cancel the controversial digital services tax on Sunday, just one day before the first payment was due.

Efforts to boost interprovincial trade have kicked into high gear amid the U.S.-Canada tariff war.

TORONTO — As the U.S. government takes big steps to usher cryptocurrency into mainstream finance, one of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges is urging the Canadian government to match and exceed those efforts, even as concerns mount.

OTTAWA — Canada is rescinding its digital services tax and will resume trade negotiations with the United States, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said in a statement issued late Sunday night.

CALGARY — Canada's first liquefied natural gas cargoes will soon arrive on Asian shores, a milestone touted — and doubted — as a boon for global emissions-cutting efforts.

SURREY — Dozens of firefighters in Surrey, B.C., spent hours fighting a large blaze at a store selling e-bikes, where smoke was so thick that crews had to battle the flames from outside.

When Rachael Coe decided to launch an “elbows up” merchandise line at her store in Yarmouth, N.S., in March, she said it was an immediate bestseller. Within a week, Coe said her Timeless Memories shop had already made 400 sales.

Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. is accusing Costco Wholesale Corp. of infringing on its intellectual property by selling knockoffs of some of its most popular products.