National Business

TORONTO — Trade tensions with the U.S. will likely mean a painful next few months for workers and the economy but could be short-lived, the Conference Board of Canada said in its latest outlook.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Protesters against billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump demonstrated outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S.

CALGARY — Prime Minister Mark Carney killed the consumer carbon levy as one of his first acts upon taking office earlier this month. As of Tuesday, the price everyday Canadians pay for emissions will be set at $0.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Protesters against billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump demonstrated outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S.

MONTREAL — CGI Inc. says it has signed an exclusivity agreement to acquire Apside, a digital and engineering services firm based in France.

PARIS (AP) — France’s antitrust watchdog fined Apple 150 million euros ($162 million) on Monday over a privacy feature protecting users from apps snooping on them because its introduction resulted in abuse of competition law.

Hundreds of thousands of people across Ontario are still without power on the third day of a spring storm after freezing rain-coated swaths of the province with thick layers of ice.

TORONTO — Freezing rain that coated parts of Ontario in thick layers of ice, downing branches and power lines, left hundreds of thousands of residents without electricity on Sunday as the storm headed east.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Trade and tariffs Trade with the United States is set to be front and centre this week with tariffs on auto imports into the U.S. expected to come into force.

CALGARY — Four years ago, Maxim Olshevsky abandoned his business for a new opportunity.