National Business

VICTORIA — The driver of a garbage truck in Victoria is being hailed for his quick thinking when he saw smoke coming from the back compartment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pledged cheaper prices and lower interest rates, but an economy transformed by the pandemic will make those promises difficult to keep. Economic growth is solid , driven by healthy consumer spending .

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose more than 100 points Thursday, helped by strength in industrial and utility stocks, while U.S. stock markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 122.58 points at 25,434.08.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to their first all-time high of 2025 as Wall Street regained a bit of the momentum that catapulted it to 57 records last year. The S&P 500 rose 0.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia seafood industry representatives voiced concerned Thursday over comments from the premier that he's open to ending a moratorium on fossil fuel drilling in the rich Georges Bank fishing grounds.

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

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

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.

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.