National Business

The ongoing controversy involving politicians who ignored travel warnings over the holidays holds important lessons for Canadian business executives, according to experts in public relations and organizational strategy.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose to its highest level since February as the energy sector was powered by oil prices surging to a 10-month high. The key commodity sector climbed 7.

MONTREAL — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says it was the best December on record for home sales last month across every Montreal neighbourhood.

AL-ULA, Saudi Arabia — Gulf Arab leaders signed a declaration Tuesday to ease a rift with Qatar, following Saudi Arabia’s decision to end a 3 1/2-year embargo of the tiny energy-rich country that deeply divided regional U.S.

Vancouver's real estate market ended 2020 with a bang, as a December home-buying spree helped the market rebound from a weak 2019, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Home sales jumped 53.

CALGARY — The new operator of the White Rose offshore oilfield says no final decision has been made about its future despite a move by partner Suncor Energy Inc. to take a $425-million impairment charge on the value of its stake.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A major labour leader has resigned from a government task force created to map out a recovery plan for Newfoundland and Labrador's struggling economy.

BERLIN — The German government said Tuesday it is extending the country's lockdown by three weeks until Jan.

FREDERICTON — The president of Maritime Bus says his company is being forced to cut or modify a number of routes in New Brunswick because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mike Cassidy said passenger travel demand has been heavily affected since last March.

LONDON — Britain is facing a long, bleak winter as cold, wet weather and a more contagious variant of the coronavirus put unprecedented strain on the nation's hospitals and force record numbers of patients to wait 12 hours or more, sometimes on ambul