National Business

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Soaring oil prices and unexpected tax windfalls have driven a sea change in Newfoundland and Labrador's financial outlook for the fiscal year, putting the province on course to post its first surplus in more than a decade.

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss described herself as “a fighter and not a quitter” Wednesday as she faced down a hostile opposition and fury from her own Conservative Party over her botched economic plan.

VANCOUVER — Vancity says it is launching a program that will allow its Visa credit card holders to track the estimated carbon emissions of their purchases.

TORONTO — The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (TGOD) has signed a deal to merge with BZAM Holdings, a privately owned cannabis company.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers have ruled that a drug intended to prevent premature births doesn’t work, clearing the way U.S. regulators to follow through on a long-delayed effort to get it off the market.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 6.9 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 6.9 per cent in September, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 6.1 per cent (6.4) — Prince Edward Island: 8.

CALGARY — Parkland Corp. is warning its third-quarter results will fall short of its expectations, however the company is maintaining its guidance for the full year.

VANCOUVER — A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund has raised its monthly payment to unitholders as it reported its third-quarter profit and royalty income rose compared with a year ago.

LONDON (AP) — British food prices rose at the fastest pace since 1980 last month, driving inflation back to a 40-year high and heaping pressure on the embattled government to balance the books without gutting help for the nation’s poorest residents.