National Business

LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson is a free man. The 74-year-old former football hero and actor, acquitted California murder defendant and convicted Las Vegas armed robber was granted good behavior credits and discharged from parole effective Dec.

CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has completed its acquisition of Kansas City Southern, paving the way for North America's only railroad that stretches across all three countries.

TORONTO — DoorDash has brought its delivery-based grocery and convenience stores that make sales solely through an app to Canada. The San Francisco, Calif.

TORONTO — Canadians are increasingly embracing do-it-yourself (DIY) investing, and younger investors appear to be more eager than others to go it alone. According to research firm Investor Economics, Canadians opened more than 2.

Hexo Corp. says it lost $116.9 million in its first quarter as the cannabis company announced a new strategic plan meant to reduce costs, streamline its business and improve growth. The Gatineau, Que.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices at the wholesale level surged by a record 9.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others in the latest disaster to hit a country whose troubles deepened greatly this year.

TORONTO — Clothing retailer Roots Corp. says it earned $10.8 million in its latest quarter, up from a profit of $10.3 million in the same quarter a year earlier.

MONTREAL — Lion Electric Co. says it has received a conditional order for 200 all-electric LionC school buses from Langs Bus Lines. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available.

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case have reached a tentative settlement under which one of the organization’s largest insurers would contribute $800 million into a fund for victims of child sexual abuse.