National Business

CALGARY — WestJet is arguing it shouldn't have to compensate a passenger that filed a complaint with the Canadian Transportation Agency last year about a last-minute flight cancellation prompted by a lack of staff.

REGINA — Saskatchewan is flush with cash and out of the red after it brought innearly $2-billion during the first three months of the year, mostly from rising oil and potash prices.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 10 million people saw the premiere of “House of the Dragon” on Sunday night, making the “Game of Thrones” spinoff HBO's most-watched series premiere in the network's history.

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. and its U.S. subsidiary have settled a trademark violations lawsuit orange liqueur company Cointreau Corp. was pursuing against the cannabis firms.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted to a mixed close on Wall Street, as steadying Treasury yields help calm the market following its worst tumble in months. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% Tuesday. It’s coming off Monday’s 2.

OTTAWA — Temporary changes to the employment insurance program made during the pandemic are set to expire soon, jeopardizing access to jobless benefits for automotive workers in Windsor, Ont.

CALGARY — A Calgary man who bilked his clients out of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $3.1 million in restitution for what the judge called a "deliberate and large-scale" fraud.

TORONTO — The federal government signed separate agreements with Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz Tuesday that will see the two German auto manufacturers secure access to Canadian raw materials for batteries in electric vehicles.

TORONTO — Turbulent financial markets weighed on Scotiabank's third-quarter results but the bank saw profits rise on higher interest income driven by continued loan growth.

TORONTO — Canada Goose Holdings Inc. has named Larry Li to head its business in China. Li will oversee all of the luxury parka maker's business in the Chinese market and report to Paul Cadman, Canada Goose's president of Asia Pacific.