National Business

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose in May after posting a record plunge in April, but remained well below their pre-pandemic level. The agency says manufacturing sales rose 10.7 per cent to $40.

CALGARY — A Calgary-based private mobile lab company is offering blood testing to detect antibodies associated with COVID-19.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index got its biggest lift in more than a month as its three largest sectors advanced, while U.S. markets also increased despite mixed banking quarterly results.

As home prices rise, a group of Toronto realtors say governments should focus economic recovery plans on housing supply — and be careful of stoking too much demand.

GATINEAU, Que. — Elanco Animal Health has agreed to make changes to a US$7.6-billion deal to buy several health care products for animals from Bayer AG in order to get approval from a Canadian regulator.

Canadian trials have just begun for a prospective COVID-19 vaccine but its Quebec-based manufacturer is already tempering expectations.

Delta Air Lines lost $5.7 billion during a brutal three-month stretch in which the coronavirus pandemic brought travel to a near standstill, and any hoped-for recovery has been smothered by a resurgence of infected Americans.

TORONTO — New Gold Inc. is reporting lower production from its Rainy River and New Afton gold mines in Canada during the second quarter, in part due to COVID-19 disruptions.

OTTAWA — A survey by Statistics Canada suggests that almost one in five businesses will look to further staffing cuts, bankruptcy or closing their doors if present COVID-19 conditions last for six months or more.

Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows. The chain has rebalanced the diet of some of the cows by adding lemon grass in a bid to limit bovine contributions to climate change.