National Business

OKOTOKS, Alta. — An Alberta woman has been fined $15,000 after she pleaded guilty to illegally importing two serval cats into the province.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index posted a small gain Tuesday, while the loonie regained some of its strength against the U.S. dollar, following a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to delay tariffs on Canadian goods headed to the U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — Calm returned to Wall Street, and tech stocks led U.S. indexes broadly higher. The S&P 500 rose 0.

TORONTO — The Canadian company that processed plant-based milk linked to a deadly listeria outbreak is looking to sell two of its facilities while it liquidates the Pickering, Ont., location where the outbreak originated.

DIGBY, N.S. — Three men are in jail after they were charged with uttering threats, intimidation and extortion in a southwestern Nova Scotia community where violence tied to illegal fishing is on the rise.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Purolator Inc. has acquired Livingston International, one of Canada’s largest customs brokers, in a bid to boost its trade expertise in the Trump era.

EDMONTON — City council has passed a bylaw that restricts the sale of knives in Edmonton convenience stores. Mayor Amarjeet Sohi says convenient and quick access to knives makes the community less safe.

OTTAWA — Insolvencies rose 12.1 per cent last year compared with 2023, with business insolvencies leading the way, up 28.6 per cent.

TORONTO — A Toronto-based self-driving AI company is partnering with Volvo to scale the production of driverless trucks south of the border, with hopes to bring the vehicles to Canadian roads one day. Waabi Innovation Inc.

HALIFAX — The four Atlantic premiers have paused their plans to respond to United States President Donald Trump's now-postponed tariffs on Canadian goods and services. Among other things, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I.