National Business

NEW YORK (AP) — Competition at athletic venues dominated the agenda for television viewers last week, but none was as popular as a competition on stage.

TORONTO — The parent company of Porter Airlines has reached an agreement with the federal government for loans valued up to $270.5 million, including $20.5 million to refund passengers for flights cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CALGARY — Shaw Communications Inc. says it had $354 million of net income for the three months ended May 31, compared with $184 million in last year's fiscal third quarter.

EDMONTON — The latest figures show Alberta's fight against COVID-19 cost more than $5 billion by the end of the last fiscal year in March.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,165.58, down 5.44 points.) Roxgold Inc. (TSX:ROXG). Materials. Up three cents, or 1.6 per cent, to $1.89 on 9.5 million shares.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index ended its best half-year start in decades as it posted a sixth straight month of gains to climb 15.7 per cent to date in 2021.

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy appears to have suffered its worst two-month stretch since the great plunge it took just over a year ago, as Statistics Canada reported a decline in real gross domestic product for April and foresees a similar drop in Ma

MONTREAL — Lightspeed POS Inc. shareholders will vote this summer on whether to change the company's name. The Montreal-based technology business says shareholders will decide whether the company is renamed Lightspeed Commerce Inc.

MONTREAL — Public sector workers will begin gradually returning to their offices in September, the Quebec government said Wednesday, as health officials reported 126 new cases of COVID-19.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. remains on the path to doubling its pre-tax profits by 2023 as its business moves toward pre-pandemic levels, its CEO said Wednesday.