National Business

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country's merchandise trade surplus with the world was $708 million in December.

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HONG KONG (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is reversing course a day after placing a ban on all inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong.

WASHINGTON — Key cabinet ministers returned to Washington Tuesday to keep pressing Canada's economic case as a month-long pause on Donald Trump's tariff threat has done little to ease Canada's concerns.

NEW YORK (AP) — Disney easily topped first-quarter expectations thanks in part to the box office success of “Moana 2.”

The winner of a complete set of medals and Canada's Olympic flag-bearer in Beijing's closing ceremonies is in debt.

Political financing reports show that the collapsed BC United party collected more than $223,000 in donations after it suspended campaigning in last year's provincial election, including tens of thousands received after the Oct. 19 vote.

The number of video game companies operating in Canada dropped nine per cent in the wake of a pandemic-fuelled gaming boom, most of them smaller independent shops with fewer than 25 employees, according to an economic report on the industry.

FREDERICTON — McGill University undergrad Daniel Miksha made a significant decision over the weekend.

TORONTO — Canadian sports fans continue to voice their displeasure at American economic policies despite a pause in a trade war between Canada and the United States.