National Business

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others in the latest disaster to hit a country whose troubles deepened greatly this year.

TORONTO — Clothing retailer Roots Corp. says it earned $10.8 million in its latest quarter, up from a profit of $10.3 million in the same quarter a year earlier.

MONTREAL — Lion Electric Co. says it has received a conditional order for 200 all-electric LionC school buses from Langs Bus Lines. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available.

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case have reached a tentative settlement under which one of the organization’s largest insurers would contribute $800 million into a fund for victims of child sexual abuse.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is bringing back a statewide indoor mask mandate. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced the new mandate will start Wednesday and last until Jan. 15.

CALGARY — Experts say Canadians should use good "cyber hygiene" in light of the discovery of a massive software flaw that has resulted in the precautionary shutdown of thousands of websites.

MADRID (AP) — Spain's top soccer league has generated 4.95 billion euros ($5.6 billion) from the sale of subscription broadcast domestic rights for five seasons.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,748.45, down 142.17 points.) Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (TSX:CP). Industrials. Down $2.06, or 2.2 per cent, to $90.27 on 37.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index started the trading week on a continued down note as the energy and industrials sectors fell on renewed worries about the latest COVID-19 variant and impending decisions by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

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