National Business

TORONTO — A planned takeover of Shaw Communications' Freedom Mobile banner by Rogers would undermine nearly 15 years of government policy supporting strong competitors to the country's three biggest wireless carriers, Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Peladea

CALGARY — Shareholders owning more than 95 per cent of the stock in Arc Resources Ltd. have approved its merger with fellow Calgary-based producer Seven Generations Energy Ltd. to create Canada's sixth largest oil and gas company.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (18,700.67, down 4.89 points.) Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Industrials. Up seven cents, or 7.8 per cent, to 97 cents on 20.

NEW YORK — Paul Simon is the latest icon to sell his rich catalogue of songs.

TORONTO — A resurgence in the tech sector helped power Canada's main stock index to its fourth-straight quarterly gain despite dipping for the day. The S&P/TSX composite index lost 4.89 points to 18,700.

CALGARY — An oil curtailment system set in place by the Alberta NDP in early 2019 and continued by the United Conservative Party government was successful in controlling oil output and boosting local crude prices, according to a new study.

WASHINGTON — In a move he said would help restore “scientific integrity,” the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency is removing dozens of scientists and other experts from key advisory boards named under President Donald Trump, saying they

New York adults over the age of 21 can now possess and use marijuana — even in public — under a legalization bill signed Wednesday by Gov.

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Democratic Gov.

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy grew 0.7 per cent in January in the face of severe public health restrictions, and appears to have grown almost as much in February, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.