National Business

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada said Friday that manufacturing sales fell 2.8 per cent in April, the largest monthly drop since October 2023, as the tariff dispute with the United States hit the industry. StatCan said manufacturing sales stood at $69.

TORONTO — Nintendo bet big on innovation when it launched the Switch in 2017. Able to transform seamlessly from a home console to a handheld gaming device, and with an attractive price point, the video game system became a hit.

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — The flight data recorder from the crashed Air India flight was recovered Friday in what likely will lead to clues about the cause of the accident that killed 241 people on the plane and a number of others on the ground.

EDMONTON — Three American TV weather presenters say their viewers' appetite is soaring for information on the swaths of wildfire smoke drifting in from the Canadian Prairies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer sentiment increased in June for the first time in six months, the latest sign that Americans’ views of the economy have improved as inflation has stayed tame and the Trump administration has reached a truce in its trade fig

TORONTO — Consumers grappling with a global tariff war have yet to drop Roots Corp. from their shopping trips, the apparel retailer's CEO said Friday, as the company reported a $7.9 million loss.

MONTREAL — The Public Sector Pension Investment Board says it earned a return of 12.6 per cent for its latest financial year ended March 31. The results topped the investment fund's reference portfolio, which showed a one-year return of 11.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk has lost some of his luster with Republicans since his messy public falling-out with President Donald Trump last week, a new survey finds.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it is considering letting oil companies inject wastewater deep underground as a way to manage the toxic tailings that are accumulating in the oilsands.

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — An Air India plane bound for London crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board, the airline said. One passenger who was thrown from the plane survived.