The Mix

Booming sales of cold drinks at Starbucks have created a problem: growing amounts of plastic waste from the single-use cups that Frappuccinos, Refreshers, cold brews and other iced drinks are served in.

CALGARY — Renewable energy companies in Canada are feeling the pinch of higher interest rates, which a new report says could make the net-zero transition more costly and difficult.

TORONTO — Drivers in Eastern Canada are going through sticker shock at the pumps, as prices jumped roughly 10 cents per litre overnight in regions such as Ontario, according to GasBuddy.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,708.44, up 52.39 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up 78 cents, or 1.70 per cent, to $46.67 on 14.6 million shares.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Facebook parent Meta Platforms unveiled a new set of artificial intelligence systems Thursday that are powering what CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls “the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use.

A group of institutional investors is voicing concerns about the rise of virtual-only shareholder meetings that they say risk eroding shareholder democracy. In an open letter released Thursday, the coalition of 38 investors led by the B.C.

NEW YORK (AP) — The movies are good at resurrecting the past and imagining the future, but pinning down the present can be tricky. Movies take a long time to make.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index gained just over 50 points on Thursday, helped by strength in utilities and base metals, while U.S. markets were mixed. The prospect of interest rates in the U.S.

TORONTO — Randy Bachman is bidding farewell to some of the instruments that shaped his legendary rock career, including the guitar used to compose the Guess Who classic "American Woman.

QUEBEC — Hydro-Québec and the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake signed an agreement today to jointly own a transmission line that will export electricity to New York City.