National Business

TORONTO — Tim Hortons is considered part of the fabric of Canada, but long before the chain became synonymous with the country, it had humble beginnings as a coffee and doughnut shop.

TORONTO — It’s getting harder for companies to hide their dirty secrets.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Voters rejected on Sunday a proposed conservative constitution to replace Chile’s dictatorship-era charter, showing both the deep division in the South American country and the inability of political sectors to address people's

MONTREAL — Colleen Dafoe was at the Halifax airport last December with her husband and daughter when WestJet told her their trip was cancelled.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Markets It is the last full week of trading for 2023 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Kuwait’s ruling emir, died on Saturday after a three-year, low-key reign focused on trying to resolve the tiny, oil-rich nation's internal political disputes. He was 86.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 1/2 years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and t

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,529.15, down 249.65 points): Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Finance. Down 40 cents, or 1.40 per cent, to $28.26 on 23.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index fell almost 250 points Friday, led by losses in energy and telecom stocks, while U.S. markets drifted to a mixed close. “It’s been a big week for U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out its longest weekly winning streak in six years after big gains earlier in the week on hopes for lower interest rates in the U.S. The S&P 500 ended an up-and-down day little changed Friday.