National Business

VANCOUVER — A panel of the British Columbia Securities Commission has found a cryptocurrency trading platform and its owner lied to customers and diverted about $13 million in assets to gambling and personal accounts.

TORONTO — The former chief financial officer for Royal Bank of Canada is suing the bank for almost $50 million over claims of wrongful dismissal.

FREDERICTON — The skies can be clear and the winds light when suddenly the power goes out in New Brunswick homes and businesses.

HALIFAX — The federal government is providing $6.7 million to two programs that assist homeless veterans in Nova Scotia. One group, Veterans Emergency Transition Services Canada (VETS Canada), is getting $5.

CALGARY — Tourmaline Oil Corp. continues to snap up natural gas assets, this time with a $1.3-billion deal that will see it acquire Montney-focused natural gas producer Crew Energy Inc.

TORONTO — Tapestry Community Capital says housing groups across Canada are aiming to raise $110 million through community bonds to secure affordable living options.

TORONTO — Gold Fields Ltd. has signed a deal to buy Osisko Mining Inc. in an agreement valued at about $2.16 billion that will see the company consolidate its ownership of the Windfall project in Quebec. Under the proposal, Gold Fields will pay $4.

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. reported its second-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago, helped by higher gold and copper prices. The miner, which keeps its books in U.S.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's recent efforts to curb retail theft are working, by many accounts, and some businesses are hoping for more permanent changes.

Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store shelf, say experts.