National Business

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange ( 16,175.02, down 378.97 points.) Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Industrials. Down four cents, or 4.17 per cent, to 92 cents on 15.

MONTREAL — The novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the global airline sector, rippling outward to aerospace companies in Canada.

CALGARY — Part of Syncrude Canada's oilsands mining complex in northern Alberta remains out of commission following a fire last Sunday evening.

WASHINGTON — Hiring in the United States jumped in February as employers added 273,000 positions, evidence that the job market was in strong shape before the coronavirus began to sweep through the nation.

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Recipe Unlimited Corp. saw sales fall in its most recent quarter as it invested in renovating a record number of restaurants and decided to close dozens of others. The Vaughan, Ont.

CALGARY — Shares in Vermilion Energy Inc. fell by as much as 16 per cent Friday morning after it cut its dividend in half to deal with weakness in commodity prices linked to economic fallout from the novel coronavirus.

Canada's central bank was leaning towards cutting its trend-setting interest rate this week before the novel coronavirus pushed it to take a more dramatic step to get ahead of the shock the outbreak will have on the economy, Bank of Canada governor S

TORONTO — Organizers of the Collision conference say they are cancelling the in-person component this year amid concerns around a novel form of coronavirus.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is scheduled to release its latest reading on the country's job market this morning.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country's merchandise trade deficit grew to $1.5 billion in January compared with $732 million in December as exports fell. The agency says merchandise exports fell 2 per cent in January to $48.