Business

The party considered the front-runner in the Quebec election is poised to shut down what is left of Canada's asbestos industry, following its lengthy and controversial decline.

Americans signed the most contracts to buy homes in July than at any other point in the past two years, further evidence of a housing recovery.

Two Greater Victoria men have been charged with contravening B.C.'s Securities Act in 2008 and 2009 in connection with real estate investments.

Shop-owning couple feel right at home

Scotiabank plans to scoop up ING Bank of Canada from its Dutch parent company in a $3.13-billion deal that will give the country's most international bank a stronger foothold in domestic consumer banking.

Kobo has struck a partnership with the American Booksellers Association to sell its eReader device and ebooks in independent U.S. bookstores.

Daikin Industries is buying Goodman Global in a deal that will fortify its status as the world's biggest maker of residential heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems. Daikin's board approved the $3.

More than 1,300 piglets have been euthanized on a Manitoba farm after provincial investigators found them to be in severe distress.

John Doyle, British Columbia's auditor general, and Coast Capital Savings chairman Bill Wellburn have joined the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority's board of directors.

U.S. financial services giant Cantor Fitzgerald is expanding its Canadian presence with the acquisition of investment dealer and research analyst firm Versant Partners and its 16 employees in Montreal and Toronto.