National Business

WINNIPEG — Manitobans are going to pay a bit more for natural gas as well as propane used for home heating. The province's Public Utilities Board has approved an increase for natural gas by Centra Gas as of Feb. 1.

Nova Scotia's seafood industry is concerned by comments from the premier that he's open to ending a moratorium on fossil fuel drilling in the rich Georges Bank fishing grounds.

TORONTO — Tesla Inc. is raising prices on its Canadian vehicles by thousands of dollars starting Feb.1 amid big shifts in incentives and rising trade tension.

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific reported 7% more fourth-quarter profit as the railroad prepared to deal with whatever challenges President Donald Trump's administration or the economy might present.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up nearly 100 points in late-morning trading, helped by strength in industrial and utility stocks, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 92.11 points at 25,403.61.

OTTAWA — Canadian retail sales in November were flat compared with October, but an early estimate by Statistics Canada pointed to a rebound in December which saw the start of Ottawa's GST/HST holiday.

Jobless claims applications ticked up modestly last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits rose to their highest level in more than three years.

TORONTO — The roller-coaster governance model of Donald Trump is already back on display: he was quiet on tariffs during his inauguration day, only to say later that evening they could be coming by February. The actual plan remains unclear.