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Irving Oil is expanding hydrogen capacity at its Saint John, N.B., refinery in a bid to lower carbon emissions and offer clean energy to customers. The family-owned company said Tuesday it has a deal with New York-based Plug Power Inc.

EDMONTON — Capital Power Corp. and Manulife Investment Management have signed a deal to buy MCV Holding Co., which owns Midland Cogeneration Venture, for US$894 million, including the assumption of US$521 million of project level debt.

OTTAWA — The Conference Board of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is cutting its estimate for economic growth for this year and next as central banks around the world hike interest rates in an effort to deal with soaring inflation.

Money is still considered by many to be a taboo topic or private matter, which is why many people avoid sparking up conversations about their personal finances with friends, colleagues and even family.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine is getting an additional $1.7 billion in assistance from the U.S. government and the World Bank to pay the salaries of its beleaguered health care workers and provide other essential services.

MONTREAL — Air sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and Emirates have signed a strategic partnership agreement and plan to establish a code-share relationship later this year. The airlines say the deal will create more options for customers when travelling on their networks.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (18,816.80, down 206.06 points.) Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC). Financials. Down 28 cents, or 1.2 per cent, to $22.48 on 8.

North American stock markets moved lower to start a busy week with the Bank of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ expected to hike interest rates, new U.S. inflation numbers forecast to be higher and the U.S. quarterly earnings season set to get underway

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. has cancelled its planned investor update about oilsands operations and safety in the wake of last week's resignation of chief executive Mark Little.

TORONTO — As the fallout from the Rogers Communications Inc. service outage continues to play out, one competition expert says she doesn't think it will "sink" the telecom giant's proposed $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc.