National Business

TORONTO — Rapidly rising interest rates have transformed mortgage preferences as borrowers increasingly opt for shorter-term fixed-rate contracts.

TORONTO — It's the authentic Jamaican jerk chicken, curry goat and oxtail dishes that restaurant owner Stacy Porter hopes will get you in the door of her Scarborough eatery.

A University of Toronto professor says residents of Hamilton, Ont., could be inhaling the chemical equivalent of one or two cigarettes per week -- at minimum -- due to elevated levels of a cancer-causing compound in the air.

Cogeco Inc. reported a loss attributable to shareholders of $34.5 million in the third quarter, down from earnings of $37.5 million during the same period a year ago.

REGINA — An independent review into how Regina's tourism agency handled a failed rebrand says a junior employee approved sexualized slogans before senior management could vet them.

VANCOUVER — Telus Corp. revised downward its annual guidance for 2023, citing demand pressures as the technology sector looks to cut costs.

MONTREAL — Railways suffered a sharp drop-off in container shipments this month as the strike by B.C. port workers — now poised to end after a tentative deal Thursday — halted more than half of steel-box cargo. Canadian National Railway Co.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,277.64, up 206.87): Hut 8 Mining Corp. (TSX:HUT). Finance. Up 89 cents, or 17.98 per cent, to $5.84 on 10.6 million shares.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow American women and girls to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin and

NEW YORK (AP) — It's not just you. Sriracha is hard to come by these days — at least for one popular brand.