National Business

TORONTO — Hudson's Bay Co. has announced layoffs as part of a "realignment" of its organizational structure. The company says fewer than 100 people are affected, representing less than one per cent of its workforce.

VANCOUVER — Organizers of the seven FIFA World Cup soccer matches coming to Vancouver in 2026 say the estimated cost of hosting the event has more than doubled in the last two years.

SEATTLE (AP) — Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced Tuesday to four months in prison for looking the other way as criminals used the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug traffickin

CALGARY — The long-awaited Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and the Canada Energy Regulator has given the go-ahead for the project to open.

TORONTO — TD Bank Group says it has taken an initial provision of US$450 million in connection to the ongoing U.S. regulatory inquiry into its anti-money laundering compliance program. The bank says its discussions with three U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (21,714.54, down 297.08 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Down 20 cents, or 0.41 per cent, to $48.95 on 13.5 million shares.

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan (AP) — The town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists.

MONTREAL — Pro-Palestinian activists have set up protest camps at McGill and a small number of other Canadian universities, following a wave of action seen at U.S. campuses.

TORONTO — Canadian cannabis stocks soared Tuesday afternoon after The Associated Press reported the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Canopy Growth Corp. closed up 80 per cent at $20.