National Business

CALGARY — Oil and gas producers in Alberta are temporarily shutting in production as wildfires rage across the energy-producing province.

TORONTO — Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. says its earnings for the first quarter were $11.3 million, down 38.5 per cent from $18.4 million a year earlier. The Toronto-based company says revenues were $206.5 million, largely unchanged from $207.

President Joe Biden said Monday his administration will write new regulations that will require airlines to compensate air travelers and cover their meals and hotel rooms if they are stranded for reasons within the airline's control.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,585.15, up 43.12): Tourmaline Oil Corp. (TSX:TOU). Energy. Down 75 cents, or 1.28 per cent, to $57.73 on 16.9 million shares.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index edged higher Monday led by gains in technology and battery metals, while U.S. markets were mixed.

OTTAWA — Tech giant Meta has learned from the mistakes it made blocking online news from Facebook in Australia, when it accidentally limited access to emergency services pages, a company representative said Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A union of government employees on Monday sued Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and President Joe Biden to try to stop them from complying with the law that limits the government's total debt , which the lawsuit contends is unconstit

TORONTO — Aiming to prevent the chaos that travellers experienced last year when flying in and out of Canada's busiest airport, Toronto Pearson International has bolstered staffing and made technological improvements ahead of this year's summer surge

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says it wants to hear from Canadians on what kind of features it should include in a potential digital currency.

TORONTO — Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. says a regulatory issue with one of its foreign subsidiaries could hold up a proposed management buyout of the firm.