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TORONTO — BMO Financial Group has secured the all-clear from U.S. regulators to close its US$16.3-billion takeover of California-based Bank of the West from BNP Paribas. The deal, expected to close on Feb.

TORONTO — Postmedia is moving a dozen of its Alberta community newspapers to digital-only formats, eyeing more outsourcing deals for printing and laying off workers.

MONTREAL — MTY Food Group Inc. has raised its quarterly dividend as the operator and franchisor of restaurants like Cold Stone Creamery, Manchu Wok and Thai Express continues its post-pandemic rebound.

SASKATOON — The Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce is asking the federal competition regulator to investigate Air sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s decision to end its flights between Saskatoon and Calgary and between Regina and Calgary.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms," the Federal Reserve announced.

TORONTO — When Marissa McNeelands was hiring a senior artificial intelligence product manager last year, she asked recruiters to suggest an equal number of male and female candidates.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States rose 6.2% in December from a year earlier, a sixth straight slowdown and a hopeful sign that inflation pressures will continue to cool. The latest year-over-year figure was down from 7.

WASHINGTON — It's become a reliably consistent sideshow in U.S. congressional politics: Democrats and Republicans battling over a self-imposed limit on federal borrowing, a feud that often leads to standoffs and protracted government shutdowns.

CALGARY — A new fund launched in November by the Business Development Bank of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ to help foster the growth of homegrown climate technology has made its largest investment yet.

SYDNEY (AP) — A Qantas flight traveling from New Zealand to Sydney landed safely after it issued a mayday call over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. Qantas Flight 144 landed at Sydney Airport from Auckland, New Zealand, after a 3.