National Business

NAPANEE, Ont. — Goodyear Canada is planning to spend more than $575 million to expand and modernize an eastern Ontario plant to produce electric vehicle and all-terrain tires and make its processes more energy efficient.

A panel of the British Columbia Securities Commission has found a cryptocurrency trading platform and its owner lied to customers and diverted about $13 million in assets to gambling and personal accounts.

TORONTO — The former chief financial officer for Royal Bank of Canada is suing the bank for almost $50 million over claims of wrongful dismissal.

FREDERICTON — The skies can be clear and the winds light when suddenly the power goes out in New Brunswick homes and businesses.

HALIFAX — The federal government is providing $6.7 million to two programs that assist homeless veterans in Nova Scotia. One group, Veterans Emergency Transition Services Canada (VETS Canada), is getting $5.

CALGARY — Tourmaline Oil Corp. continues to snap up natural gas assets, this time with a $1.3-billion deal that will see it acquire Montney-focused natural gas producer Crew Energy Inc.

TORONTO — Tapestry Community Capital says housing groups across Canada are aiming to raise $110 million through community bonds to secure affordable living options.

TORONTO — Gold Fields Ltd. has signed a deal to buy Osisko Mining Inc. in an agreement valued at about $2.16 billion that will see the company consolidate its ownership of the Windfall project in Quebec. Under the proposal, Gold Fields will pay $4.

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. reported its second-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago, helped by higher gold and copper prices. The miner, which keeps its books in U.S.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's recent efforts to curb retail theft are working, by many accounts, and some businesses are hoping for more permanent changes.