National Business

MONTREAL — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says April set a new record for Montreal area home sales, but it shouldn't be viewed as an acceleration in the market because the COVID-19 pandemic is skewing comparisons.

TORONTO — Like many small business owners, Siuleen Leibl relies on marketing through apps like Facebook and Instagram to reach more customers.

OSHAWA, Ont. — General Motors Canada says it will restart production at its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., ahead of schedule, after a healthy demand for trucks and a shift to electric vehicles saved the location from a planned closure.

HALIFAX — The owners of an idled pulp mill in northern Nova Scotia say their plans for a new effluent treatment facility have been withdrawn from the province's environmental assessment process.

Former President Donald Trump won’t return to Facebook — at least not yet. Four months after Facebook suspended Trump's accounts, having concluded that he incited violence leading to the deadly Jan.

TORONTO — The CEO of Barrick Gold Corp. says copper stands to grow in importance for the world's second-biggest gold miner after 10-year-high prices for copper bolstered its first-quarter earnings.

LONDON — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations on Wednesday accused China of human rights abuses and economic mischief, but offered little concrete action to deal with an increasingly forceful Beijing.

Loblaw Companies Ltd.'s year-long pandemic winning streak marked by surging sales and profits appears poised to level off as the supermarket giant starts comparing results against the panic-buying gains recorded at the outset of the pandemic.

David Keay’s outdoor store anticipated campers would shop early for tents this season, so he stocked up heavily in February to prepare as best it could. But the inventory didn’t even last the month.

CALGARY — Sundial Growers Inc. says it will purchase cannabis company Inner Spirit Holdings Ltd. in a $131-million deal.