National Business

MONTREAL — Air Canada briefly grounded its planes Thursday due to a problem with its computer system, delaying nearly half its flights.

Vancouver-based company Lululemon says it will expand its headquarters in the city and create 2,600 jobs over the next five years.

TORONTO — Former Unifor president Jerry Dias was not charged as the result of an investigation launched last year into allegations that the longtime union leader accepted a bribe, Toronto police said Thursday.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The Prince Edward Island government tabled a $3.09-billion budget Thursday that forecasts a $97.6-million deficit and a promise to spend money for a new medical school to help the frail health-care sector.

CHARLOTTETOWN — The Prince Edward Island government tabled a $3.09-billion budget Thursday. Here are some highlights: — A projected deficit of $97.6 million on total revenues of $2.99 billion and expenditures of $3.09 billion.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,774.08, down 153.61): Toronto-Dominion Bank. (TSX:TD). Finance. Down $3.40, or 4.19 per cent, to $77.78 on 10.3 million shares.

TORONTO — The effects of heightened inflation and central bank efforts to rein it in by slowing the economy are showing in the second-quarter results from Canada's big banks.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down more than 150 points Thursday, weighed down by losses in energy and telecom, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 153.61 points at 19,774.08.

OTTAWA — A new plan to force hospitals to report adverse effects of "natural health products" such as herbal remedies and supplements has come as a surprise to manufacturers, who say they were blindsided by the proposed change.

Freedom Mobile will offer a $50 monthly plan that includes unlimited calls and texts as well as 40 gigabytes of data usable throughout Canada and the U.S. following its acquisition by Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron. The $2.