National Business

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release its inflation figures for the month of January today.

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Hundreds of passengers began leaving the Diamond Princess cruise ship Wednesday after the end of a much-criticized, two-week quarantine that failed to stop the spread of a new virus among passengers and crew.

TORONTO — Cineplex Inc. says the takeover deal it signed with Cineworld PLC has received approval from the Ontario Superior Court. The approval brings U.K.

MONTREAL — CN Rail is laying off about 450 workers in its operations in Eastern Canada after cancelling more than 400 trains in the past week over a rail blockade protesting an LNG pipeline in British Columbia.

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MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc.'s shares dropped almost 10 per cent Tuesday, one day after announcing the sale of its rail business to French train giant Alstom SA.

OTTAWA — The federal government is changing the stress test rate for insured mortgages starting April 6 that experts say should make it marginally easier for some buyers to purchase their first home, or owners refinancing their existing mortgages.

CALGARY — An investment firm buying a stake in the Coastal GasLink pipeline says it remains "committed" to the deal despite protester blockades that have shut down railway lines in parts of Canada and threaten to inflict damage to the Canadian econom

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index avoided slipping into the red Tuesday as the price of gold hit a seven-year high. The precious metal moved above US$1,600 an ounce for the first time since March 2013.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (17,858.34, up 9.98 points.) Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Industrials. Down 16 cents, or 9.7 per cent, to $1.49 on 40.3 million shares.