National Business

EDMONTON — Residents and businesses in Edmonton and the surrounding area were told Monday to limit their water use. Epcor issued a mandatory ban on non-essential water use after a failure in the distribution pumping system at the E.L.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose Monday as technology stocks helped lead broad-based gains despite weakness in energy, while U.S. markets also rose. Markets picked up steam in the afternoon as Treasury yields fell.

CALGARY — The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is facing delay yet again.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,200.06, up 74.78 points): Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Finance. Down 28 cents, or 0.21 per cent, to $132.71 on 9.1 million shares.

Flair CEO Stephen Jones says he's effectively suspending the budget airline's expansion plans for at least a year as it contends with plane delivery delays and hefty debts.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed higher on Wall Street at the start of a heavy week of potentially market-moving news. The S&P 500 ended 0.8% higher Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6% and the Nasdaq composite added 1.1%.

MONTREAL — The ongoing dispute between Gildan Activewear Inc.

TORONTO — Leon's Furniture Ltd. says it's planning to build upwards of 4,000 homes on land around its head office at the intersection of two major Toronto highways. The furniture retailer says it has already secured a rezoning of the 16.

LONDON (AP) — Amazon called off its proposed acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot on Monday as the deal faced antitrust scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic, with the ecommerce giant blaming “undue and disproportionate regulatory hurdles.