National Business

NEW YORK (AP) — Kraft Heinz is splitting into two companies a decade after a merger of the brands created one of the biggest food manufacturers on the planet. One of the companies, currently called Global Taste Elevation Co.

TERREBONNE — Steel structure company ADF Group Inc. says it has signed a deal to buy Quebec-based Groupe LAR Inc. for $19 million in cash and shares.

Quebec artificial intelligence institute Mila has a new scientific director. Hugo Larochelle started in the job today. He is the former head of Google's AI research lab in Montreal and an adjunct professor at the Université de Montréal.

TORONTO — CIBC has named former Manulife executive Marianne Harrison to its board of directors. She will join the board effective Sept. 8.

VANCOUVER — Telus Corp. has signed a deal to acquire the shares of Telus International (Cda) Inc. it does not already own for a total of US$539 million, reversing its move to spin off the business in 2021.

CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. says it is going ahead with a pair of natural gas transmission projects.

TORONTO — Greater Toronto commuters are likely bracing for traffic and transit congestion to worsen over the coming months as a number of major employers get ready to increase in-office days.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government has turned down federal funding aimed at combating systemic racism in the criminal justice system, saying it doesn’t agree with the program’s approach. The federal government first offered $6.

CALGARY — Fewer tourists are coming to Jasper, Alta., than usual this year, but it's not for a lack of people eager to visit the picturesque Rocky Mountain town.

As Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola products continue to hamper the cash price of one of the country's most valuable crops, farming experts say producers have big decisions ahead of them.