National Business

OTTAWA — Canadian retail sales rose 0.9 per cent to $60.7 billion in April, Statistics Canada said Tuesday as gains at general merchandise stores helped lift the overall sales.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the fourth consecutive month as climbing mortgage rates and record high prices discouraged house hunters. Existing home sales fell 3.

Water damage, a kitchen fire or a visitor’s slip and fall in your apartment can all lead to significant financial headaches if you’re found liable. Tenant insurance, also known as renter’s insurance, is designed to help reduce those costs.

TORONTO — Hydro One Ltd. says chief executive Mark Poweska is stepping down. The Toronto-based company says he is leaving to take a leadership position at a utility closer to his family in Western Canada later this year.

Kellogg Co., the maker of Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies and Eggo, will split into three three companies focused on cereals, snacks and plant-based foods.

BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Holed up in a bombed-out house in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian troops keep a careful accounting of their ammunition, using a door as a sort of ledger.

VANCOUVER — Trevali Mining Corp. says it has recovered the bodies of the final two of eight workers killed after its Perkoa Mine in Burkina Faso flooded following heavy rainfall on April 16.

Airport security screeners are going public with what they deem substandard pay and "disrespect" from the federal agency that oversees their work.

TORONTO — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and U.S.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,183.63, up 253.15 points.) Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ). Energy. Up $1.30, or 1.9 per cent, to $69.65 on 10 million shares.