National Business

VANCOUVER — Home sales in Metro Vancouver remain well below the 10-year average for the region but sellers continue to hold the upper hand as the real estate board says demand for properties is steady with buyers having little to choose from.

Gloves made in China for the popular French brand Lacoste appear to have been sewn inside a factory where ethnic minorities face forced ideological and behavioural re-education, according to a U.S.-based labour rights group.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Green leader has completed a provincial tour and says people want next week's provincial budget to have integrity and compassion.

TORONTO — Executive chairman Richard Baker's influence over Hudson's Bay Co. is about to get another big boost as Canada's oldest retailer closes a turbulent chapter in its nearly 350 years of existence.

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. — Lowe's Canada says it has reached an agreement to sell its Ace Canada business to the owner of TSC Stores as part of its restructuring that saw it close 34 underperforming Rona and Lowe's stores.

TORONTO — The novel coronavirus has whipsawed stock markets but investors shouldn't take Monday's sharp rebound as a signal that volatility has ended, say investment experts.

TORONTO — Bruce Linton is used to people raising an eyebrow at his business decisions. The tycoon, after all, jumped into the world of cannabis long before most when he co-founded Canopy Growth Corp.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island is on track for a third consecutive year of record new home construction, but tenants are still feeling the pinch from a provincial vacancy rate that is the lowest in the country. The current vacancy rate of 1.

CANBERRA, Australia — National news agency Australian Associated Press said Tuesday it was closing after 85 years, blaming a decline in subscribers and free distribution of news content on digital platforms.

TOKYO — Asian shares rose Tuesday amid hopes that central banks will take action to shield the global economy from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. Japan's Nikkei 225 gained 0.5% in morning trading to 21,441.82.