National Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose slightly to 8.1 million in May despite the impact of higher interest rates intended to cool the labor market. Vacancies rose from a revised 7.

VANCOUVER — American Rapper Rick Ross has been involved in a violent altercation in Vancouver, where he performed a concert on Sunday.

Three years ago, Google set an ambitious plan to address climate change by going “net zero,” meaning it would release no more climate-changing gases into the air than it removes, by 2030.

CALGARY — Whitecap Resources Inc. has signed a deal to sell a 50 per cent stake in its Kaybob complex natural gas processing facility to Pembina Gas Infrastructure for $420 million.

Chit-chat around the water cooler introduced Sarah Prince to her first budgeting app. A decade later, Prince says she still sees their value even after her favourite financial tool went under earlier this year.

CALGARY — Gibson Energy Inc. says veteran energy executive Curtis Philippon has been named as the company's next president and chief executive. He will begin the job effective Aug. 29.

TORONTO — Restaurant Brands International says it's spending up to $45 million on two deals intended to boost its presence in China and spur growth in what the company sees as a promising market.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the 20-nation eurozone crept lower to 2.

TORONTO — In the span of a few short years, Jean-Luc Duval lost two of the most important people in his life to lung cancer. His wife Monique was diagnosed on her birthday and died on July 3, 2005 – the couple’s 40th wedding anniversary.

WINNIPEG — Nine months after being elected, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew continues to enjoy a honeymoon with voters.