National Business

Residents in a handful of Canadian municipalities have a new, if risky, payment option for property taxes.

CALGARY — One of the oilpatch's most outspoken critics of Canadian federal and provincial energy policy is retiring at the end of this year. Imperial Oil Ltd.

TUNIS, Tunisia — Jailed media magnate Nabil Karoui and independent law professor Kais Saied without a party are advancing to the runoff in Tunisia's presidential elections, the electoral authority announced Tuesday.

NEW YORK — Comcast's NBCUniversal said Tuesday that its upcoming streaming service will be called Peacock, in an homage to NBC's logo.

NEW YORK — Shopify Inc. says its e-commerce and retail platform has been given new features to help U.S. merchants sell hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol products where permitted by law. The announcement follows last year's passage of U.S.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 1.3 per cent to $57.2 billion in July as sales in the primary metal and motor vehicle industries moved lower. The agency says sales were down in 11 industries in July, representing 66.

TORONTO — The massive employee strike that hit General Motors in the U.S. on Monday could migrate to Canada next year if trust is not restored, said Unifor president Jerry Dias. "Canadian workers and American autoworkers feel the exact same way.

DETROIT — More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers went on strike Monday against General Motors, bringing more than 50 factories and parts warehouses to a standstill in the union's first walkout against the No. 1 U.S.

LOS GATOS, Calif. — Move aside, "Friends" and "The Office." Netflix now has a new gem — a show about nothing.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index reached a record high to start the week Monday boosted by a nearly 10 per cent lift in the energy sector following a weekend attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. The S&P/TSX composite index rose 68.