Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­

OTTAWA — Wholesale trade, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, rose 0.3 per cent to $85.7 billion in February, Statistics Canada said Monday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising worldwide Monday after President Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs , for now at least, and as stress from within the U.S. bond market seems to be easing. The S&P 500 was 0.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has announced a comprehensive review on the future of the province’s Crown-owned electric utility.

CALGARY — A survey from insolvency firm MNP Ltd. suggests Canadians' outlook for their personal finances has brightened even as they've taken steps to cut their expenses amid economic turmoil.

TORONTO — Broad-based strength helped Canada's main stock index gain more than 200 points in late-morning trading, while U.S. markets also rallied. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 222.85 points at 23,810.65.

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are both campaigning in Montreal today and making announcements about defence procurement and justice reform.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched his fiancee Lauren Sanchez into space Monday with an all-female celebrity crew that included Katy Perry and Gayle King .

MARKHAM — Enghouse Systems Ltd. says it has acquired Trafi Ltd., a software company based in Lithuania focused on transportation networks and trip planning. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available.

CALGARY — Hundreds of kilometres up the Pacific coast from where Canada’s first liquefied natural gas export terminal is set to start up this summer, a monster lays dormant.

TORONTO — Canadian researchers say any future legislation meant to level the playing field between Big Tech and journalism organizations must account for generative artificial intelligence.