National Business

CALGARY — Alberta's energy watchdog has chosen a former oil and gas company CEO as its new boss. Rob Morgan, who most recently led Strathcona Resources Ltd.

TORONTO — Cineplex Inc. says it has sold its digital rentals business to a subsidiary of CosmoBlue Media for "nominal proceeds.

VANCOUVER — Real estate sales across British Columbia were up in January compared with the year before, but average prices went down slightly. The B.C. Real Estate Association says in a statement that the 4,221 residential sales in January were up 6.

Elon Musk says he will abandon his $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit behind OpenAI if the ChatGPT maker drops its plan to convert into a for-profit company. “If OpenAI, Inc.

CALGARY — WestJet announced a multi-billion-dollar, long-term commercial agreement with German aircraft services firm Lufthansa Technik to build a new engine repair station in Calgary.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is once again trying to off-load its ski resort. The province has published a request for proposals to purchase its Marble Mountain Ski Resort in western Newfoundland.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative lawyer Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday as secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key Cabinet position at a time when mass deportation plans could lead to farm labor shortag

TORONTO — Sun Life Financial Inc. says it earned $237 million in its fourth quarter. That's down from $749 million a year earlier. The insurance company says diluted earnings per share were 41 cents, down from $1.28 during the fourth quarter of 2023.

TORONTO — Brookfield Corp. reported a net income attributable to shareholders of US$432 million for its fourth quarter, down from US$699 million a year earlier. The company, which keeps its books in U.S.

MONTREAL — Jodie Weiler woke up one Saturday in 2018 to find her property strewn with debris. “There were shingles all over the backyard and all over the sidewalk, and the back portion of our roof had come off,” she said.