National Business

OTTAWA — The Competition Bureau says Quebec-based agri-food co-operative La Coop federee has agreed to sell several Cargill retail locations in Ontario as part of an agreement related to its purchase of some of Cargill's grain and crop input assets,

LONDON — After months of stalled talks, false starts and setbacks, negotiators from Britain and the European Union struck a proposed divorce deal Tuesday to provide for the U.K.'s smooth exit from the bloc.

BOSTON — A Nigerian internet service provider said Tuesday that a configuration error it made during a network upgrade caused a disruption of key Google services, routing traffic to China and Russia.

NASHVILLE — Gov. Bill Haslam said Tuesday that an Amazon operations hub expected to create 5,000 jobs in Tennessee will be "the single largest jobs commitment made by a company in Tennessee's history.

NEW YORK — CNN took its access battle against the Trump administration to court on Tuesday, demanding the reinstatement of correspondent Jim Acosta's White House credentials because their revocation violates the right of freedom of the press.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index fell Tuesday as the energy sector was hit by nearly an eight per cent drop in the price of crude to a near one-year low.

MONTREAL — The head of Bombardier Inc. is defending his move to lay off 5,000 workers — 3,000 of them in Canada — citing efficiency while leaving the door open to more job cuts down the line. "Yes, it is tough. And yes, many people do not like this.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A city in New York state has found a novel way of motivating residents to pay their back taxes: personal notes handwritten by city officials.

Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (15,131.78, down 24.62 points ). Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Down 25 cents, or 10 per cent, to $2.25 on 34.7 million shares. Aurora Cannabis Inc.

HALIFAX — A third well exploration effort off Nova Scotia has failed to find commercially viable levels of oil in the deep waters of the Scotian Shelf. Hess Corp.