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TORONTO — Manulife Financial Corp. says it expects to ramp up its share buyback program this year as it sheds lower-growth assets and works to maintain its heightened return on equity.

TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. is the latest retailer to warn of softening consumer demand as high costs of living continue to rein in spending.

TORONTO — Sheldon Keefe took his place in front of a dozen television cameras. The Maple Leafs head coach — on centre stage inside a small auditorium at the team's practice facility — was optimistic about the future for both himself and the group.

CALGARY — Nine out of 10 Canadian energy sector executives believe oil prices will remain strong for the next three to five years, according to the results of a recent survey.

LAVAL, Que. — The man accused of murdering two children and injuring six others after a city bus crashed into a Montreal-area daycare is scheduled to stand trial over five weeks beginning in April 2025.

TORONTO — Four books about Indigenous life are among the finalists for the $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government says a bill to force treatment for drug users that was to be introduced this spring has now been shelved until after the fall election.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Space technology firm MDA Ltd. says it earned $13.8 million in net income in its first quarter, down from $16.1 million a year earlier, as its revenue edged higher.

Former Toronto FC general manager Ali Curtis has earned a promotion as Major League Soccer revamps the leadership of MLS Next, its academy and youth development program.

OTTAWA — The federal anti-money laundering agency has issued a $6-million fine to cryptocurrency exchange company Binance Holdings Ltd. Fintrac says Binance failed to register with the agency as a foreign money services business.