National Business

VANCOUVER — The latest round of applications is now open under a $100-million fund aimed at cleaning dormant oil and gas wells in British Columbia. B.C.

Telus Corp. hinted at the future of its health and agriculture ventures on Thursday, as well as its plans for dividends.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index fell for the first time in February as frenzied buying in the cannabis sector strongly reversed course. The S&P/TSX composite index slipped for the first time in nine sessions and closed down 64.

MONTREAL — Molson Coors Brewing Co. is betting that strong pent-up demand for live sports and entertainment and the growth of e-commerce sales will buoy the beer giant once the economy reopens post-pandemic.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is hoping that launching an effort to build roads and bridges can help to unite Democrats and Republicans in a time of sharp partisan divisions.

MONTREAL — Domtar Corp. reported a fourth-quarter loss of US$59 million compared with a loss of US$34 million in the same quarter a year earlier. The pulp and paper company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, says the loss amounted to US$1.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The smaller, lighter vehicles that women more often drive, and the types of crashes they get into, may explain why they are much more likely to suffer a serious injury in a collision than men, a new study published Thursday found.

TORONTO — Netflix plans to open an office in Canada in what the streaming giant calls "a big first step" toward content creation in this country.

MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc. said Thursday it will reduce its overall workforce by about 1,600 jobs as it anticipates a yearslong recovery in the aviation industry.

Tim Hortons is modernizing its drive-thru experience and improving its core menu items in a bid to win over customers as the economy starts to reopen, executives with the restaurant’s parent company say.