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This week in Canadian business news, Great-West Lifeco will kick off the major insurers' Q2 earnings on Tuesday, Statistics Canada is scheduled to release its Labour Force Survey for July and BCE Inc. and Magna International Inc. are among the companies holding their Q2 conference calls.

Canadian companies trying to drum up venture capital during the COVID-19 pandemic raised billions more in the first half of this year than they did in previous years.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is urging Kansas City Southern shareholders to vote against the proposed merger with Canadian National Railway Co. because of the regulatory uncertainty of its rival's US$33.6-billion bid.

The parent company of Tim Hortons says profits more than doubled in its second quarter as revenues across its brands, including Popeyes and Burger King, jumped a whopping 37 per cent.

One of Fox News' most visible advertisers, Mike Lindell and his MyPillow line of products, has pulled commercials from the network over a refusal to air an ad promoting discredited claims of election fraud.

While lumber prices have plunged in recent weeks, industry experts say increased demand and limited supply will keep the cost of softwood lumber above pre-pandemic levels for years to come.

A copyright collective cannot force York University to pay fees for the use of published works in the classroom, given that the school bowed out of a formal arrangement, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.

Air Transat returned to the skies Friday with its first commercial flights after six months of inactivity due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada's main stock index lost ground in the final day of trading in July as some commodities dropped, but North American stock markets in general finished the month with positive numbers.

The Canadian economy appears to have bounced back after its worst two-month stretch since the start of the pandemic, eking out a gain in June and growth in the second quarter of the year.