Economy, Law & Politics

Mike Klassen: 'This is not a gentrification process as much as a revitalization.'

Disciplinary hearing set as CIRO alleges former Scotia Securities adviser created fictitious accounts to hide transfers

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index finished lower, weighed down by losses in technology, while U.S. stock markets also moved lower after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated tariff threats against Canada.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will be meeting with his cabinet and Canada's premiers to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's new threat to slap 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods next month.

OTTAWA — Ottawa has asked First Nations chiefs to submit their questions in advance of their meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney next week to discuss his government's controversial major projects bill.

Stocks closed lower on Wall Street, pulling the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite below the records they set a day earlier. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back 0.6%. The Nasdaq composite slipped 0.2%.

The vast majority of the 83,000 new jobs added in June were part time, Statistics Canada says.

SURREY, B.C. — The British Columbia provincial court has handed a retired RCMP officer a suspended sentence, saying the man was "reckless" but not deceitful when he convinced a neighbour to invest in his failing cannabis company.

TORONTO — The latest tariff threat from U.S. President Donald Trump is drawing condemnation from business leaders, though more because of the added uncertainty than the potential direct impact that experts played down.