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MONTREAL — The organization employing workers at the St. Lawrence Seaway says there has been little progress in labour negotiations with a major union just hours before workers are poised to walk off the job.

DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Friday that while Detroit’s automakers have increased their wage and benefit offers, he believes the union can gain more if it holds out longer in contract talks.

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Energy Regulator has released its reasons behind its decision last month to allow Trans Mountain Corp. to go ahead with a pipeline route deviation against the wishes of a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ First Nation.

CALGARY — As the federal government begins its efforts to sell the Trans Mountain pipeline, the director of one of the groups seeking to buy a stake says nothing less than "material" ownership by Indigenous people is acceptable if Ottawa is serious a

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,115.64, down 233.17 points): Royal Bank of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. (TSX:RY). Finance. Down $2.02, or 1.79 per cent, to $111.01 on 9.3 million shares.

TORONTO — sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s main stock index was down more than one per cent Friday with broad-based losses led by financial, telecom and base metal stocks, while U.S. markets also fell to close the week. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 233.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out its worst week in a month with more losses. The S&P 500 fell 1.3% Friday. The Dow lost 286 points, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 1.5%.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for the federal government to block Royal Bank of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s $13.5-billion takeover of HSBC sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ as a way to help with housing affordability.

CALGARY — The governments of Alberta and sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ are to provide $165 million to support livestock producers affected by drought and extreme weather conditions.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s telecommunications regulator is looking to ease some Canadian content spending requirements for Corus Entertainment Inc. as the company says labour unrest in the U.S. entertainment industry and high inflation have hurt its bottom line.