National Business

TORONTO — The cannabis industry might be closing out a year full of massive cuts, but Aurora Cannabis Inc.'s chief executive says there is still plenty of money to be made in the pot business.

CALGARY — Canadian Pacific says it will pilot a new project to build a hydrogen-powered train.

TORONTO — While Karen Ward and her family cook takeout meals at the Grover pub, she often hears a knock at the windows or door of the east-end Toronto bar.

HALIFAX — Fewer Canadians plan to improve their diet as a New Year's resolution in 2021, and are thinking of donating to local food banks instead, a new survey reveals.

TORONTO — Sales fell at BlackBerry Ltd. in the three months that ended Nov. 30, but the technology company is banking on partnerships with Amazon and Zoom to bring in steady revenue going forward. The Waterloo, Ont.

TORONTO — The Weston family says it is selling some of its shares to George Weston Ltd. and Loblaw Companies Ltd. in an internal reorganization. The sale by W.

WASHINGTON — Federal authorities expressed increased alarm Thursday about a long-undetected intrusion into U.S. and other computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried out by Russian hackers.

Trans Mountain says it is shutting down construction on its pipeline expansion project until early January for safety reasons.

CALGARY — Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc. says shareholders have voted in favour of a deal to take the company private. The company says 72.

MONTREAL — Le Chateau Inc. says its founder and his wife have left the insolvent company as it prepares to close its doors. Herschel Segal and his wife, Jane Silverstone Segal, resigned as directors effective Wednesday.