National Business

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,104.48, up 121.56 points.) Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX: MFC). Financials. Up 21 cents, or 0.94 per cent to $22.68 on 11.

YELLOWKNIFE — De Beers Canada has been fined $350,000 for a diesel spill at it's former Snap Lake Mine in the Northwest Territories.

Hollywood film producer Dan Lin — known for movies such as Disney’s live action “Aladdin” and “The Two Popes” — is launching a nonprofit with more than $1 million from the Ford and MacArthur foundations as well as several other philanthropies.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Buyer was arrested Monday in Indiana on charges related to an insider trading case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission in Manhattan federal court, according to a spokesperson for U.S.

BERLIN (AP) — Russia's Gazprom said Monday that it would further reduce natural gas flows through a major pipeline to Europe to 20% of capacity, citing repairs of equipment.

A mustard seed shortage is driving up prices and could leave some store shelves with scant supply before the new harvest hits markets this fall, industry experts say.

Unifor says the Canadian government should block the WestJet Group's takeover of Sunwing Airlines Inc. unless WestJet guarantees job creation and investments in workers.

CALGARY — There will be no strike at WestJet this week now that the airline has reached a tentative labour deal with the union representing hundreds of workers at the Calgary and Vancouver airports.

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc.

An industry committee set up to establish a grocery code of conduct says it has made significant progress but has yet to find solutions on several key issues.