National Business

HALIFAX — Halifax Regional Municipality is closing one of its five remaining homeless encampment sites, and its director of housing says he's hopeful the encampment residents will relocate into vacant shelter or temporary housing options in the city.

Canada's main stock index ticked higher and U.S. markets drifted lower on Wednesday, as investors braced for earnings from U.S. tech heavyweight Nvidia after the bell and GDP numbers later in the week. The S&P/TSX composite index rose 14.

CALGARY — A report says lax manufacturing standards more than 50 years ago and the breakdown of pipe materials likely caused the water main break that crippled Calgary's water supply last year.

HALIFAX — The federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a ransomware attack that led to the theft of personal information belonging to 280,000 customers of Nova Scotia's electric utility.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence technology bellwether Nvidia overcame a wave of tariff-driven turbulence to deliver another quarter of robust growth amid feverish demand for its high-powered chips that are making computers seem more huma

MONTREAL — Workers in Quebec's residential construction sector officially began striking on Wednesday after last-minute talks failed to yield a deal.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed lower a day after leaping back within a few good days’ worth of gains from their all-time high. The S&P 500 fell 0.6% Wednesday after meandering between earlier gains and losses.

HALIFAX — Private landowners in Nova Scotia whose properties were recently identified for potential uranium exploration can say no to work proceeding, says a provincial deputy minister.

TORONTO — Hudson's Bay made a whopping, 590-page court filing late Monday that offers insight into how Canada's oldest company is winding down.

A surge in trading revenue related to tariff-induced market volatility helped National Bank of Canada handily beat analyst expectations in its second quarter.