National Business

WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit is projected to hit a record $3.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,697.97, up 52.98 points.) Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Down 37 cents, or 1.75 per cent, to $20.77 on 17.1 million shares.

Alimentation Couche-Tard continues to be on the hunt for acquisitions even as it claims convenience store rival 7-Eleven's blockbuster US$21-billion acquisition of the Speedway network in the U.S. doesn't make sense.

TORONTO — North American stock markets posted a second day of gains to start September as optimism about COVID-19 trumped disappointing U.S. private payroll numbers.

CALGARY — The partial shutdown of a diluent supply pipeline following a spill near Fort McMurray has halted production at the Kearl oilsands mining operation in northern Alberta, operator Imperial Oil Ltd. said Wednesday.

MONTREAL — Dollarama Inc.

NEW YORK — The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have a new home: Netflix.

TORONTO — Discount Car and Truck Rentals is officially owned by the parent company of Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Enterprise Holdings Inc.

CALGARY — Shares in debt-laden Calfrac Well Services Ltd. jumped 10 per cent on Wednesday morning after a Texas rival committed to a takeover offer if shareholders reject a management-backed restructuring plan.

VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver home sales hit 3,047 in August at a benchmark price of $1.04 million, as the housing market continued its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.