National Business

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography Monday for its coverage of global migration through Latin America to the U.S.

RICHMOND, B.C. — London Drugs has reopened about half of its stores across Western Canada more than a week after a cybersecurity breach forced the retailer to close.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The P.E.I. government says its plan to address the province's housing shortage includes finding a company to manufacture modular homes on the Island.

MONTREAL — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says Montreal-area home sales surged 25.5 per cent in April compared with the same month last year, with levels returning to historical averages.

Former Starbucks CEO and founder Howard Schultz says the company’s leaders should spend more time in stores and focus on coffee drinks as they work to turn around flagging sales.

OTTAWA — An increase in the cost to send a letter in Canada took effect Monday. The cost of stamps purchased in a booklet, coil or pane is now 99 cents per stamp, an increase of seven cents. The price of a single domestic stamp is now $1.

CALGARY — Ensign Energy Services Inc. reported a loss in its latest quarter compared with a profit a year earlier as its revenue fell 11 per cent. The oilfield services company says its net loss attributed to common shareholders amounted to $1.

TORONTO — When talent search platform Plum noticed ChatGPT sending ripples through the tech world and beyond, it decided to turn right to the source to lay out how staff could and couldn't use the generative artificial intelligence chatbot.

CALGARY — A potential strike between WestJet and its mechanics union appears to have been avoided.

OTTAWA — Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem navigates a political minefield every time he testifies before the House of Commons finance committee. Four times a year, members of Parliament get the chance to question the governor on monetary policy.