National Business

MONTREAL — Quebec bar owners say they don't understand why the COVID-19 health order preventing alcohol sales after midnight is still in effect, and they say the rule is hurting business and leading some patrons to drink irresponsibly.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,942.71, up 216.26 points.) Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Industrials. Up 10 cents, or 7.3 per cent, to $1.47 on 8.0 million shares.

TORONTO — North American stock markets finished strong on Tuesday as they rebound from a sharp sell-off that was sparked by concerns around COVID-19 variants on Monday.

Stocks jumped on Wall Street Tuesday, making up much of the ground they lost a day earlier when worries flared about spreading cases of the more contagious variant of COVID-19.

CALGARY — U.S. businesses are waiting anxiously for an expected announcement on when the American border will reopen to Canadian tourists. "I'll be ecstatic . . .

The yearslong effort by state and local governments in the U.S.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Chris Sheppard says he's breathing a huge sigh of relief now that international borders between Canada and a clutch of French islands off Newfoundland's coast are set to reopen Aug. 9.

TORONTO — When Dahabo Ahmed-Omer became the executive director of an organization dedicated to eliminating anti-Black racism in corporate Canada last August, it was normal for her to have up to 11 meetings a day.

OTTAWA — Canadian home prices increased in June to mark the largest 12-month gain on record as prices climbed in all 11 markets, says the Teranet National Bank composite price index. The index was up 16 per cent from June 2020, beating the 14.

OTTAWA — The C.D. Howe Institute says 70 to 75 per cent of Canadian passenger auto sales will have to be zero-emission vehicles by 2030 in order to achieve the federal government's emissions targets. The think tank says about 7.