National Business

CALGARY — Canadian farmers are on track to produce a better crop this year, even as the memory of a punishing drought last year remains fresh in the Prairie provinces.

TORONTO — Gains in the energy sector helped Canada's main stock index end the trading day in the green, while U.S. stock markets also closed higher, a day after posting their worse session since June 2020. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 80.

SURREY, B.C. — The company that has been the target of two multimillion-dollar attacks on its gondola in Squamish, B.C., has doubled the reward to $500,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

Trevali Mining Corp. has confirmed reports that two executives have been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Burkina Faso in the wake of a flooding disaster at the company's Perkoa Mine.

A new hovercraft service could cut travel time between Toronto and the Niagara Region down to 30 minutes. Hoverlink Ontario Inc.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Bankers Association says the country's banks will observe a moment of silence on Monday in honour of the memory of Queen Elizabeth II, but they will remain open for normal business.

VALCOURT, Que. — Ski-Doo and Sea-Doo maker BRP Inc. has raised its guidance after reporting a second-quarter profit of $237.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday that three Iranian citizens have been charged in the United States with cyberattacks that targeted power companies, local governments and small businesses and nonprofits, including a domestic vi

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher in morning trading on Wall Street Wednesday following the market's worst day in two years on fears about higher interest rates and the recession they could create. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% as of 10:13 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level jumped 8.7% in August from a year earlier, a slowdown from July yet still a painfully high level that suggests prices will keep spiking for months to come.