National Business

REGINA — Saskatchewan is flush with cash and out of the red after it brought innearly $2-billion during the first three months of the year, mostly from rising oil and potash prices.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 10 million people saw the premiere of “House of the Dragon” on Sunday night, making the “Game of Thrones” spinoff HBO's most-watched series premiere in the network's history.

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. and its U.S. subsidiary have settled a trademark violations lawsuit orange liqueur company Cointreau Corp. was pursuing against the cannabis firms.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted to a mixed close on Wall Street, as steadying Treasury yields help calm the market following its worst tumble in months. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% Tuesday. It’s coming off Monday’s 2.

CALGARY — A Calgary man who bilked his clients out of millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $3.1 million in restitution for what the judge called a "deliberate and large-scale" fraud.

TORONTO — Turbulent financial markets weighed on Scotiabank's third-quarter results but the bank saw profits rise on higher interest income driven by continued loan growth.

TORONTO — Canada Goose Holdings Inc. has named Larry Li to head its business in China. Li will oversee all of the luxury parka maker's business in the Chinese market and report to Paul Cadman, Canada Goose's president of Asia Pacific.

For years, Staples Canada has advertised back-to-school supplies to the tune of the "It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," with parents eager to see their children return to class after a busy summer.

TORONTO — Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP has signed a deal with Intel Corp. to help build a semiconductor fabrication facility in Chandler, Ariz.

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top court on Tuesday upheld ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak’s graft conviction and 12-year jail sentence linked to the looting of the 1MDB state fund.