National Business

TORONTO — A price drop for Canadian phone and internet services last month has some observers optimistic about the downward trend, but industry watchers say there is still a long way to go when it comes to telecom affordability. Consumers paid 14.

TORONTO — Broad-based strength among Canadian equities led by battery metals helped lift Canada's main stock index Wednesday, while U.S. markets also rose.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed modestly higher following profit reports from a spate of banks and other big U.S. companies. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Wednesday after its seventh gain in the last eight days. The Dow added 109 points, or 0.

RICHMOND, B.C. — Police in Richmond and Delta, B.C., are warning the public of a disturbing trend of high-value cryptocurrency investors being targeted for home invasions.

TORONTO — Canada’s competition commissioner is doubling down on its claim that the country’s largest movie theatre chain is using “deceptive marketing practices” to sell tickets.

MONTREAL — A Montreal-based company has signed a deal to supply sustainable aviation fuel to the Air France-KLM Group.

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — The movie about a man who changed the course of the world’s history by shepherding the development of the first atomic bomb is expected to be a blockbuster, dramatic and full of suspense.

TORONTO — Metro workers at 27 grocery stores across the Greater Toronto Area reached a tentative agreement with the grocery giant just after midnight, narrowly avoiding a strike.

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TORONTO — TD Bank Group says its stake in Charles Schwab Corp. is expected translate into reported equity in net income of about C$182 million for its third quarter.