National Business

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota jury on Wednesday found Greenpeace liable for defamation and other claims brought by a pipeline company in connection with protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

TORONTO — When the pre-lunch rush hit Wednesday at the flagship Hudson’s Bay store in Toronto, Brian Bursten was considering himself one of the lucky ones.

TORONTO — Broad-based strength lifted Canada's main stock index 1.5 per cent Wednesday, while U.S. stocks also rallied. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 363.14 points at 25,069.21. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 383.

VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia has banned Chinese AI tool DeepSeek from being used or installed on university-owned devices and networks, citing "a high degree of privacy and security risk.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes rose after the Federal Reserve kept its main interest rate steady, as was widely expected. The S&P 500 climbed 1.1% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.4%.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that they had a constructive call about moving toward a partial ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow, with the White House suggesting the U.S.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s fisheries minister is downplaying the potential short-term effects of a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian seafood products that is scheduled to be imposed by China on Thursday.

TORONTO — Hudson's Bay is still waiting to see if it will be granted approval to liquidate stores as the retailer requests more time to work out some of its differences with its myriad of landlords, lenders and other partners.

The chief executive of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. said the company remains committed to acquiring the Japanese operator of the 7-Eleven chain despite recent pushback.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Liberal government wants to make it easier to move alcohol across provincial boundaries.