National Business

VANCOUVER — Equinox Gold Corp. has signed an all-stock deal to acquire Calibre Mining Corp. and its Valentine gold mine in Newfoundland and Labrador in a proposal that values the company at about $2.6 billion.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is travelling to Washington, D.C., again to push against proposed tariffs from the United States on Canadian goods.

CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. and Unifor say 1,200 mechanics have ratified a new collective agreement.

TORONTO — The Canada Infrastructure Bank has signed a deal to loan $194 million to Australian electric vehicle charging company Jolt, to help it grow its network in Canadian cities.

TORONTO — Brookfield Asset Management and its institutional partners have signed a deal to buy National Grid Renewables. The deal values the U.S. onshore renewable power business of National Grid plc. at US$1.74 billion.

Starbucks plans to lay off 1,100 corporate employees globally as new Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol streamlines operations.

Ramee Mossa was months into fundraising for his power hardware company FTEX when U.S. President Donald Trump started looming over the negotiations. As soon as Trump took office, potential financiers in the U.S.

Lisa Vezeau-Allen says it's not just Sault Ste. Marie's steelworkers who are bracing for looming U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

TORONTO — Toronto's Pearson airport says operations are back to normal roughly a week after a crash landing that sent 21 people to hospital and led to days of travel disruptions at Canada's busiest airport.

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week, including Statistics Canada's latest reading on the Canadian economy and the Ontario provincial election.