National Business

WINNIPEG — Great-West Lifeco Inc. says its second-quarter net earnings dropped 11 per cent from a year ago but its base earnings reached a record high.

Cohere is making its agentic artificial intelligence platform more widely available. The Toronto-based tech firm announced Wednesday that its North platform, which was launched in a limited fashion in January, is getting a broader release.

MONTREAL — Air Canada flight attendants have voted to give their union a strike mandate. The Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees says members voted 99.7 per cent in favour.

HALIFAX — Chorus Aviation Inc. says its latest quarter delivered a $32.4 million profit. The Halifax-based company says the second-quarter figure compares with a net loss of $180.6 million a year earlier. Operating revenue totalled $324.

Nine people have been hospitalized, and dozens of salmonella cases have been reported after an outbreak of infections linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Court of Appeal says lawsuits launched by mink farmers over a pandemic-era ban on their farms have "no reasonable prospect of success," dismissing their bid for damages against the province, provincial health officer Dr.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index started the trading week with a two per cent jump Tuesday as the market caught up to a Monday rally in the U.S. that was already fading a day later. The S&P/TSX composite index rose 549.65 points to 27,570.

HALIFAX — An advocacy group says Nova Scotia's premier should make a five-year plan to overhaul housing and care of people with disabilities a major policy priority.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes slipped following the latest discouraging signal on the U.S. economy. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% Tuesday, coming off a whipsaw stretch where it followed its worst day since May with its best since May.

OTTAWA — Canadian exporters did more business with the United States in June even as tariffs ramped up, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The agency said exports to the U.S. rose 3.