National Business

REGINA — Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer will present the province's budget today. The government and Opposition NDP have agreed to meet for a 14-day sitting starting June 15, but only some members will be returning to the legislature.

MANILA, Philippines — An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: May home sales Canadian Real Estate Association expected to release home sales figures for May on Monday.

Temperature checks. Bigger lines. Fewer meals. No alcohol. And ultimately, higher prices.

BEIJING — China on Sunday reported its highest daily total of new coronavirus cases in two months after the capital's biggest wholesale food market was shut down following a resurgence in local infections.

TORONTO — International movie theatre chain Cineworld PLC says its deal to buy Cineplex Inc. for $2.8 billion is off, claiming that "certain breaches" of the contract were made by the Canadian company.

LOS ANGELES — The closely watched arrival of Christopher Nolan's big-budget sci-fi espionage film “Tenet” will finally happen on July 31, Warner Bros. announced Friday.

TORONTO — North American stock markets posted gains Friday, with Toronto's main index rising more than 200 points, as investors declined to continue the previous day's selloff.

Wall Street managed to end a bumpy day broadly higher Friday but still finished with its worst week in nearly three months. The S&P 500 rose 1.3% a day after dropping nearly 6% in its biggest rout since mid-March. It lost 4.

JOHANNESBURG — More than two dozen international aid groups have told the U.S. government they are “increasingly alarmed” that “little to no U.S.