National Business

CALGARY — Western Canadian business groups have outlined their wish list ahead of an expected federal election call this weekend.

HALIFAX — Retail experts say the looming demise of Hudson’s Bay Co. as a national presence would be a “historic loss” but not surprising, given the retailer’s inability to draw customers into stores.

OTTAWA — Days before he's expected to call a federal election, Prime Minister Mark Carney is confirming he won't move ahead with a key Liberal tax policy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that Boeing will build the Air Force’s future fighter jet, which the Pentagon says will have stealth and penetration capabilities that far exceed those of its current fleet and is essential in

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index ticked lower Thursday after giving back gains from earlier in the day, while U.S. markets also fell.

OTTAWA — Retail sales fell 0.6 per cent to $69.4 billion in January as sales in the auto sector moved lower, Statistics Canada said.

LONDON (AP) — A large fire near London's Heathrow Airport knocked out power Friday to Europe’s busiest flight hub, forcing it to shut all day and disrupting global travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers.

VANCOUVER — Premium Brands Holdings Corp. reported its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled compared with a year earlier as it saw record revenue for the quarter.

Tatiana Estevez was celebrating her fog water collection company Permalution securing money in a fundraising round and garnering support for a drinking water project, when it was all placed in jeopardy.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says that in her first face-to-face meeting with the new prime minister she gave him an earful on wildfires and oil sales and warned him national unity hangs in the balance.