National Business

CHARLOTTETOWN — A promotion launched by the P.E.I. government to get people back into Island restaurants proved such a success the government increased its funding by $375,000.

What happens inside a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, could have major implications not just for the country's second-largest employer but the labour movement at large.

BRUSSELS — The European Union, the U.S. and dozens of other nations pledged $6.

MONTREAL — Shipping volumes at the Port of Montreal are dropping amid the spectre of a potential strike, Maritime Employers Association president Martin Tessier says.

BEND, Ore. — The Blockbuster video rental store in Bend, Oregon soared to international fame when it became the last such franchise on Earth two years ago.

CALGARY — Canadian miner Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.

SUEZ, Egypt — Experts boarded the massive container ship Tuesday that had blocked Egypt's vital Suez Canal and disrupted global trade for nearly a week, seeking answers to a single question that could have billions of dollars in legal repercussions:

BERLIN — German health officials agreed Tuesday to restrict the use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in people under 60, amid fresh concern over unusual blood clots reported in a tiny number of those who received the shots.

CALGARY — West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it has begun producing and shipping building panels from the Chambord, Que., oriented strand board (OSB) mill it inherited with its recent $4-billion all-stock takeover of rival Norbord Inc.

Ever since Jessye Grundlingh immigrated to Canada from South Africa a decade ago, restaurant work has been a major part of her professional career.