National Business

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index moved lower Tuesday, led by losses in technology, while the sector led U.S. markets to erase Monday's gains. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 69.90 points at 24,929.89.

NEW YORK (AP) — Good news on the U.S. economy is back to being bad for Wall Street. The S&P 500 swung to a loss of 1.1% after a pair of reports on the economy came in better than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.

TORONTO — Experts are worried the community notes program Meta will replace its current fact checking system with has several pitfalls that could allow misinformation to spread even further.

WINNIPEG — Manitobans will soon be paying more for basic automobile insurance. The Public Utilities Board has ordered an overall increase of 5.

TORONTO — The heads of Canada's biggest banks are finally seeing risks around mortgage renewals easing, only for worries about tariffs and political uncertainty to take their place.

Bending to the political headwinds of the incoming Trump administration, Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with “community notes” written by users similar to the model used by Elon M

VANCOUVER — British Columbia wineries can again sell their products directly to Alberta consumers this week, months after an interprovincial deal was announced between the two provinces last summer.

The federal government says the Canada Revenue Agency will continue to administer the capital gains tax changes proposed in the budget last year, even though they haven't passed in Parliament, which is prorogued until March 24.

OTTAWA — Canada's merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed to $323 million in November as growth in exports outpaced imports, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The result compared with a revised deficit of $544 million in October.

TORONTO — Greater Toronto home sales fell slightly last month to cap a year that saw buyers take advantage of "substantial negotiating power" on price.