National Business

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's finance minister says Thursday's budget will focus on job creation and supporting people affected by U.S. tariffs.

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

MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it will allow restaurants to charge people who reserve a table but don't show up and don't cancel ahead of time.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed Wednesday to a limited ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow, as U.S.

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.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government has introduced a bill to terminate an "unfair" contract for private nursing services.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Party government tabled its 2025-26 budget on Wednesday. Here are some highlights: — $12-million surplus predicted on total spending of $21 billion.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it is cancelling an incentive program meant to entice more homeowners to build secondary suites, saying the decision is "due to uncertain financial times.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Fisheries Minister Kent Smith 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 — Broad-based strength lifted Canada's main stock index 1.5 per cent Wednesday, while U.S. stocks also rallied after the U.S. Federal Reserve left its outlook for interest rate cuts this year intact.