National Business

TORONTO — The majority of Canadians aspiring to buy a home say they will push their plans to next year or later to wait for interest rates to drop, a new survey shows.

WOODSTOCK, N.B. — Police officers across New Brunswick are no longer investigating thefts of fuel from service stations unless there is a threat to public safety.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Since retiring two years ago, Joan Harris has upped her travel game. Once or twice a year, she visits her two adult children in different states.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead, the truck's sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another.

Armed conflict in Ukraine and the Red Sea has ramped up freight shipments for Cargojet Inc., as global discord pushes companies to seek alternate transit routes.

London Drugs says it has temporarily closed all of its stores in Western Canada as it grapples with a "cybersecurity incident.

VANCOUVER — Cigarettes with health warnings printed directly on them are being sold in some parts of Canada, making it the first country to adopt the regulation aimed at encouraging people to kick the habit or keep them from taking it up in the first

TORONTO — Strength in utility and telecommunication stocks helped Canada's main stock index move higher in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 44.98 points at 22,014.22.

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — As the urban centre at the heart of Canada's oilsands industry, Fort McMurray has seen more than its share of ups and downs. A decade and a half ago, the northern Alberta community was this country's most famous boom town.

TORONTO — Airline caterer Gate Gourmet has reached a tentative agreement with food service workers nearly two weeks after they walked off the job, meaning travellers through Toronto may soon find a full menu option on flights once again.