National Business

MONTREAL — FlightHub Group Inc. is entering creditor protection after a Quebec Superior Court judge granted its application, filed as the travel industry reels from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VICTORIA — British Columbia has announced details on how it plans to spend $120 million in federal funds earmarked for cleaning up inactive oil and gas well sites across the province.

U.S. states are beginning to restart their economies after months of paralyzing coronavirus lockdowns, but it could take weeks until it becomes clear whether those reopenings will cause a spike in COVID-19 cases, experts said Wednesday.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (14,503.21, down 377.95 points.) Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Industrials. Down one cent, or 2.3 per cent, to 42.5 cents on 11.

TORONTO — North American stock markets were pummelled midweek by the Federal Reserve chairman's warning about a prolonged economic downturn amid growing concerns about a second wave of COVID-19 infections.

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Wednesday of the threat of a prolonged recession resulting from the viral outbreak and urged Congress and the White House to act further to prevent long-lasting economic damage.

TORONTO — Rideshare and cab companies operating in Canada are retooling their apps and services to help stop the spread of COVID-19 as the economy reopens. Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc.

MONTREAL — Aimia Inc. made its biggest move yet under its new strategy as an investment holding firm, scooping up a 10 per cent stake in one of China's largest outdoor advertising firms.

HALIFAX — A team of chemists at Saint Mary's University in Halifax is looking at methods to help East Coast mills produce pulp that can be used in the N95 respirator masks that have been in high demand during the global pandemic.

MONTREAL — Desjardins Group says the COVID-19 pandemic weighed on its results last quarter, as surplus earnings before member dividends dropped 29 per cent year over year.