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Ontario hospitals prepare for possible shortages of epidural catheters
Lakeridge Health Bowmanville, in Bowmanville, Ont., is shown on Saturday, July 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Joe O'Connal
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Efforts under way to get food, supplies to Newfoundland towns cut off by out-of-control wildfires
A forest fire in central Newfoundland has forced the closure of the the Bay d'Espoir Highway. The fire, south of Bishop Falls, N.L, is shown in this recent handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Government of Newfoundland & Labrador *MANDATORY CREDIT*
energy and resources
Oil prices settle lower on Russian pipeline constraints, recession fear
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
u.s. business
Chip and automaker CEOs meet ahead of Biden signing bill for U.S. semiconductor industry
Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration picture taken February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration
energy and resources
Oil prices set to end week near multi-month lows on recession fears
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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Canadian auto sales down 16% in July compared with last year as shortages persist
SUVs are lined up for sale at an auto mall in Ottawa, on Monday, April 26, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
energy and resources
Oil up 2% on supply worries ahead of OPEC+ meeting
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
british columbia
75-year-old MV Frances Barkley an essential connection for B.C.’s Alberni Inlet
Passengers take in the view of the Alberni Inlet as the M.V. Frances Barkley sails out on her way to Bamfield on the Western edge of Vancouver Island on Thursday, June 23, 2022. Photographer: James MacDonald
canada
Toronto harm reduction workers call for robust safe supply program to prevent deaths
A naloxone kit is shown in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday November 13, 2017. Harm reduction workers in Toronto say supervised consumption sites and safe supply programs need to be expanded to prevent more overdose deaths in the city.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
energy and resources
U.S. majors Exxon, Chevron post blowout earnings, ramp up buybacks
An entrance sign at the Chevron refinery, located near the Houston Ship Channel, is seen in Pasadena, Texas, U.S., May 5, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
energy and resources
Oil prices up nearly $3 a barrel as chances of OPEC+ supply boost dim
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
energy and resources
OPEC+ to weigh holding oil output steady or small hike, sources say
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen inside its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
energy and resources
Oil mixed as U.S. gasoline demand rebounds but recessionary fears loom
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
u.s. business
Archer-Daniels-Midland expects strong profits as supplies stay tight
As the silos fill up, harvest corn is piled outside at the Archer Daniels Midland grain elevator Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, in Niantic, Ill. A delayed grain crop is causing headaches for railways, elevator operators and farmers following a dry spring and wet summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP -Seth Perlman
energy and resources
Oil rises for a second day on supply concerns
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
energy and resources
Oil rises as dollar strength eases, but U.S. interest rate hike weighs
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
music
Lost luggage, cancelled flights and $14,000 rental vans: For Canadian musicians, this summer is a logistical nightmare
2022 Vancouver Folk Music Festival VFMF22 Housewife Pascale Padilla Credit- Wayne Worden
energy and resources
Oil slumps on gasoline stockpiles, rate hikes and resuming supply
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
canada
Minister says more doctors across Canada should prescribe safer drugs to reduce overdoses
Carolyn Bennett rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 10, 2022. Canada's minister of mental health and addictions says more doctors across the country should be willing to prescribe a safer supply of drugs instead of fearing they will be investigated by their regulatory colleges.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
canada
Saskatchewan to begin offering COVID-19 vaccines for children under five this week
A family arrives for an appointment at a COVID-19 immunization clinic in Regina, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021.This week Saskatchewan will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines for children under five. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
u.s. business
U.S. home sales fell in June as prices reach new heights
FILE - A "sold" is posted outside a single family home in a residential neighborhood, in Glenside, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the fifth consecutive month in June 2022 as higher mortgage rates and rising prices kept many home hunters on the sidelines. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday, July 20, that existing home sales fell 5.4% last month from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.12 million. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
opinion
Will soaring oil and gas prices be the unmaking of high prices?
George Athanassakos
international business
E.U. to propose 15% cut in natural gas use
Model of natural gas pipeline and EU flag, July 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
energy and resources
Oil settles up 1% at 2-week high on worries about tight supply
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
energy and resources
Russia’s Gazprom tells European buyers gas supply halt beyond its control
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Gazprom is seen on the facade of a business centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 31, 2022. REUTERS
energy and resources
Oil gains $5 on weaker dollar, tight supplies
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
economy
Canadian wholesale sales up 1.6% in May at $81.1-billion, Statscan reports
Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 1.6 per cent in May to $81.1 billion, boosted by higher sales in the food, beverage and tobacco subsector and the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector. David Reid drives a combine while harvesting a wheat crop near Cremona, Alta., Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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energy and resources
Europe may need to ration energy this winter due to declining natural gas supply, Shell CEO says
FILE PHOTO: Ben van Beurden, chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell, speaks during the 26th World Gas Conference in Paris, France, June 2, 2015. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
energy and resources
Oil prices slide on China COVID-19 worries
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
report on business
Production resumes at troubled Abbott baby formula factory
FILE - An Abbott Laboratories manufacturing plant is shown in Sturgis, Mich., on Sept. 23, 2010. Severe weather has forced Abbott Nutrition to pause production at a Michigan baby formula factory that had just restarted. The company said late Wednesday, June 15, 2022 that production for its EleCare specialty formula has stopped, but it has enough supply to meet needs until more formula can be made. (Brandon Watson/Sturgis Journal via AP)
energy and resources
Oil settles up nearly $4 as tight supply outweighs recession fears
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
u.s. business
Africa CDC signs deal with Pfizer for COVID-19 treatment pill
FILE PHOTO: Paxlovid, Pfizer's anti-viral medication to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed in this picture illustration taken in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/Illustration/File Photo
international business
Fewer chickpeas means cheap protein and hummus could be harder to find
FILE PHOTO: A mound of chickpeas is seen as they are packaged to sell at a wholesale market in Karachi February 21, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo
international business
Gas prices rise in Europe on weaker supply from Russia, Norwegian strikes
FILE PHOTO: An employee works at the plant of Repsol YPF's refinery in Cartagena, southeastern Spain, January 29, 2008. Picture taken January 29, 2008. REUTERS/Francisco Bonilla (SPAIN)/File Photo
energy and resources
Oil rises as tight supply trumps recession fears
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)