National Business

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a deficit of $19.1 billion for the first eight months of its 2023-24 fiscal year. The result for the April-to-November period compared with a deficit of nearly $3.

TORONTO — Ontario's information and privacy commissioner says she feels "a sense of urgency" to act on artificial intelligence as her list of concerns with the technology mounts.

CALGARY — The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) has expressed an interest in purchasing a potential stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,101.54, up 75.76 points): Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Finance. Unchanged, at $132.34 on 10.2 million shares.

TORONTO — Strength in energy and utilities helped Canada's main stock index post a modest gain Thursday, while U.S. markets also moved higher following a stronger-than-expected GDP report. The U.S. economy grew 3.

SURREY, B.C. — A power line that fell over Highway 99 in Surrey, B.C., cut off a key route to and from the U.S. Peace Arch Border Crossing for nearly three hours on Thursday.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government says the expansion of pharmacy care clinics across the province could help reduce the strain on the province's emergency departments and family doctors.

Apple has unveiled a sweeping plan to tear down some of the competitive barriers that it has built around its lucrative iPhone franchise, but the new choices opening up to consumers and app developers will only be available within Europe to start.

MONTREAL — On a frigid Saturday earlier this month, Mindy Watson learned that her family’s flight that day from Edmonton to Toronto, en route to Cuba, was cancelled.

TORONTO — The Beer Store is expanding its delivery partnership with DoorDash Canada. The Ontario alcohol retailer says its agreement with the San Francisco-based courier company will enable deliveries from hundreds of stores.