Economy, Law & Politics

OTTAWA — MPs, diplomats and political staff gathered around the parliamentary precinct to anxiously take in preliminary results of a U.S. presidential election that they all agreed would have an enormous impact on Canada and the world.

Democrat Kamala Harris expected to win the popular vote nationally.

Premier David Eby is proposing an all-party committee investigate mistakes made during the British Columbia election vote tally, including an uncounted ballot box and unreported votes in three-quarters of the province's 93 ridings.

TORONTO — Strength in base metal stocks helped boost Canada's main stock index on Tuesday, while U.S. markets also climbed as Americans headed to the polls for election day.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rallied as voters headed to the polls on the last day of the presidential election and as more data piled up to show the economy remains solid. The S&P 500 rose 1.

The $495-million project will deliver a third of the region's drinking water by 2029.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada considered cutting its key interest rate by just a quarter of a percentage point last month, but opted to take a larger step in the face of a weakening economy and falling inflation.

OTTAWA — Canada's merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $1.3 billion in September as imports fell more than exports, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The result compared with a revised deficit of $1.5 billion for August.