National Business

OTTAWA — The Russian invasion of Ukraine is adding to inflationary pressures around the world and in Canada, a senior Bank of Canada official said Friday. In a speech by webcast to a conference at the U.S.

MONTREAL — The union representing about 420 workers at the Molson Coors brewing plant on the South Shore of Montreal are on strike.

BRP Inc. is entering the electric motorcycle business.

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $75.3 billion for the April-to-January period of its 2021–22 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor report, the Finance Department says the tally compared with a deficit of $268.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has approved Rogers Communications Inc.’s acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc.'s broadcasting services, but will force the company to meet a series of conditions it laid out Thursday.

WASHINGTON — Amid pushback from industry groups and lawmakers in both parties, federal energy regulators on Thursday scaled back plans to consider how natural gas projects affect climate change and environmental justice.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,937.89, up 5.71 points.) TC Energy Corp. (TSX:TRP). Energy. Up 34 cents, or 0.5 per cent, to $71.06 on 12.8 million shares.

TORONTO — A late rally pushed Canada's main stock index slightly higher Thursday while the loonie hit a two-month high despite lower crude prices.

A defunct subsidiary of Canopy Growth Corp.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says cargo volumes increased one per cent to 146 million tonnes last year despite the pandemic, global supply chain challenges and extreme weather in B.C. at the end of the year.