National Business

LOS ANGELES — Fox will be taking viewers out to the ballgame by adding a virtual crowd in parks during its baseball broadcasts this season.

TORONTO — An Ontario judge has put off a decision on the proposed $60-million friendly takeover of Torstar Corp.

Canada's largest grocer saw its net income fall in its most recent quarter, despite revenue growth, because of costs related to working through the COVID-19 pandemic, including a temporary pay bump for workers and investments into its e-commerce busi

CALGARY — The CEO of Suncor Energy Inc. says the company won't quickly ramp up oil production despite recent higher crude prices as the North American economy begins to reopen following the easing of lockdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Toronto Mayor John Tory said he's prepared to extend the city's mandatory masking order to shared spaces inside apartment and condominium buildings if management companies refuse to do it voluntarily.

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. is reporting a second-quarter net loss of $614 million after it cut back on production to deal with sharply reduced crude prices amid lower global energy demand.

Inflatable pools are driving a deluge of toy sales during the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers try to enhance at-home leisure for their children, their pets and their feet.

CALGARY — Kelt Exploration Ltd. says it is selling assets in B.C. that account for almost half of its oil and gas production for $510 million in cash to Houston-based ConocoPhillips.

Electric car maker Tesla Inc. has picked the Austin, Texas, area as the site for its largest auto assembly plant employing at least 5,000 workers. The new factory will build Tesla’s upcoming Cybertruck pickup and will be a second U.S.

REGINA — Saskatchewan has posted its largest single-day jump in COVID-19 cases with 60 coming largely from Hutterite communities.