National Business

TORONTO — The head of the fund managing Canada Pension Plan investments is the latest high-profile Canadian to come under fire for behaviour during the pandemic after he travelled outside the country and received a COVID-19 vaccination despite a gove

WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it is laying off an undisclosed number of pilots amid negotiations with the union that represents them.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An explosion struck an Israeli-owned cargo ship sailing out of the Middle East on Friday, an unexplained blast renewing concerns about ship security in the region amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

NEW YORK — Ta-Nehisi Coates, the acclaimed essayist and novelist who expanded the world of Wakanda for Marvel comics, will write the script for a new “Superman” film from Warner Bros.

WASHINGTON — Bouncing back from months of retrenchment, America's consumers stepped up their spending by a solid 2.

NEW DELHI — India’s economy expanded by a weaker-than-expected 0.

LONDON — The parent company of British Airways and Iberia on Friday said it lost 6.9 billion euros ($8.

NEW YORK — The Washington editor for The New York Times is joining Celadon Books as executive editor. Bill Hamilton will begin his new job April 5 and focus on acquiring books about politics and history.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index posted a triple-digit decline in late-morning trading as the energy and metals and mining sectors fell amid lower commodity prices and the loonie dropped below 79 cents US.

OTTAWA — The federal government ran a deficit of $248.2 billion through the first nine months of its 2020-21 fiscal year as spending soared due to the pandemic.