National Business

HALIFAX — A new study has found the businesses in North America’s gay villages were hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic than those owned by members of the LGBTQ2S+ community elsewhere.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Monday added a new warning to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine about links to a rare and potentially dangerous neurological reaction, but said it’s not entirely clear the shot caused the problem.

TORONTO — Great Canadian Gaming Corp. says 11 of its Ontario casinos will reopen Friday following the provincial government's decision to move to Stage 3 of its reopening plan. The facilities to reopen are Casino Woodbine.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,233.08, down 24.87 points.) Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Industrials. Up seven cents, or 5.11 per cent, to $1.44 on 12.

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TORONTO — Loblaw Companies Ltd. says it's winding down its PC Chef meal kit delivery service introduced last year in the Toronto area.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index diverged from its U.S. peers ahead of a busy week with the Bank of Canada expected to taper stimulus measures and the U.S. earnings season getting underway. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 24.

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ordered all French health care workers to get virus vaccine shots by Sept.

TORONTO — A new report from RBC Economics says it expects a renewed surge of retirements in the second half of this year as Canada works to get past the pandemic.

FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are clamping down on restaurants serving beef tartare because the dish, considered by some a delicacy, violates the province's food regulations.