National Business

VICTORIA — The Forest Practices Board says an audit of the BC Timber Sales program and timber sales license holders in the Boundary region found "significant issues" with road and bridge maintenance.

VANCOUVER — Urban planner Louisa-May Khoo says she got a sense of deja vu when British Columbia Premier David Eby announced the BC Builds housing program earlier this year.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed higher on Wall Street as calm returned to the market a day after its biggest pullback in almost two years. The S&P 500 rose 1% Tuesday, breaking a brutal three-day losing streak.

TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says home sales in July were up from last year but down from a month earlier, despite a jump in listings.

RICHMOND — The Transportation Safety Board says a plane that crashed last year in Campbell River, B.C., was modified improperly after getting flight permits.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. is eyeing the rapid proliferation of data centres in North America as a business opportunity.

WINNIPEG — Shares of Pollard Banknote Ltd. fell more than 30 per cent after the company said the Michigan Lottery plans to go with another supplier for its iLottery and related services when its contract expires.

An 18-month-old child was found sitting on a passenger's lap in the front seat when police stopped a vehicle for speeding on Highway 417 in Ottawa over the long weekend.

WICHITA FALLS, Tex. (AP) — Elon Musk's social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws.

OTTAWA — Canada posted a merchandise trade surplus of $638 million in June as exports of crude oil and gold rose sharply, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The agency said the result compared with a revised trade deficit of $1.6 billion in May.