Economy, Law & Politics

Gary Segal, John Anderson, Karimah Es Sabar and nine other leaders will be officially appointed in September

NEW YORK (AP) — A rising tide swept stocks higher, and calm returned to Wall Street after Japan’s market soared earlier Tuesday to claw back much of the losses from its worst day since 1987 .

Canada's main stock index fell more than one per cent Tuesday as it played catch-up while U.S. stock markets regained some of the ground lost in a big plunge Monday when the Toronto market was closed.

OTTAWA — Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says the federal government is considering new regulations that could make fewer employers eligible to hire temporary foreign workers.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country posted a merchandise trade surplus of $638 million in June as exports of crude oil and gold rose sharply. The agency says the result compared with a revised trade deficit of $1.6 billion in May.

HINTON, Alta. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Hinton, Alta., to get a briefing on the status of the Jasper wildfire, as well as meet with the province's premier and evacuees who fled the blaze that destroyed a third of the town.

The province recently committed $250 million to 21 northern B.C. communities

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

Sky Global distributor Herdman was previously denied bail and lost his appeal, and remains in a French prison

Food bank says it suffered $118,588 in costs because of repairs to a sloped floor, and delays in using its new facility.