National Business

OTTAWA — Retail sales edged higher in February as Canadians went shopping for new clothes and spent more filling up at the gas pumps. Statistics Canada said Friday retail sales rose 0.1 per cent to $59.

Hudson's Bay Co., North America's oldest company with fur trading roots entwined with Canada's Indigenous Peoples, is calling the donation of its landmark Winnipeg building to a First Nations group an act of reconciliation.

Philadelphia is ending its indoor mask mandate, city health officials said Thursday night, abruptly reversing course just days after people in the city had to start wearing masks again amid a sharp increase in infections.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the state's voters do not have the right to reject a massive income tax cut approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Doug Ducey last year.

TORONTO — On a day when the Federal Reserve spooked markets with its tough talk on interest rates, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says he won’t "rule anything out" when it comes to the central bank’s own interest rate path and taming Canada’s o

On a day when the Federal Reserve spooked markets with its tough talk on interest rates, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says he won’t "rule anything out" when it comes to the central bank’s own interest rate path and taming Canada’s out-of-cont

MONTREAL — The country's largest railroad operator has pledged to fill the void of francophones on its board of directors, scrambling to reassure Quebecers amid heightened language sensitivities in the province.

Sunwing Airlines Inc. expects to be back to "close to normal operations" by this weekend after a cybersecurity breach that grounded travellers and delayed flights to and from sun destinations this week.

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has got her own Barbie in honor of her 96th birthday and upcoming Platinum Jubilee.

Amid a regulatory probe of Flair Airlines, CEO Stephen Jones says the budget carrier has rejigged its governance structure to align with Canadian ownership rules — but that its "significant" debt to an American investor remains a concern.