National Business

While the process can lead to the sale or closure of a business, Hudson’s Bay appears intent on avoiding those possibilities and keeping much of its sprawling retail footprint alive.

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta’s trade sanctions on the United States will stay in place until U.S. President Donald Trump drops the threat of tariffs.

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia company has been given a $3.15 billion contract to build one of two icebreaker ships for the Canadian Coast Guard.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province has no plan to follow Ontario and levy a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the United States.

OTTAWA — The U.S. paused tariffs Thursday on goods that meet the rules of origin requirements under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement, and lowered levies on potash to 10 per cent until April 2.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is set to deliver its annual budget on March 20. Premier Wab Kinew has said the fiscal plan will take into account the economic impact of tariffs threatened or imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

OTTAWA — Ottawa has approved a pilot project to block cellphone and drone signals in federal and Quebec provincial prisons.

Edmonton is getting an influx of public dollars to expand its entertainment district around the home of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers, two years after the provincial government committed hundreds of millions for a new arena in Calgary.

OTTAWA — The federal government has put together a $6.5-billion aid package and is making temporary changes to the employment insurance program to support Canadian businesses and workers through the trade war with the United States. U.S.

WASHINGTON — Canadian and United States mayors from the Great Lakes and St.