National Business

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index moved lower Monday while U.S. markets were mixed ahead of major economic data reports coming later this week. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 49.76 points at 22,259.17.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed close near their record heights. The S&P 500 ended little changed Monday and is less than 1% below its record set at the end of March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.

Canada’s broadcasting regulator has granted Corus Entertainment Inc.'s request to ease some of its Canadian content spending requirements after the company warned of an increasingly dire financial situation.

HALIFAX — A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been spotted entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, northeast of New Brunswick's Acadian Peninsula.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Arthur L. Irving, the second-born son of New Brunswick industrialist K.C. Irving, has died at the age of 93 after a life spent growing the oil business his father founded.

MALPEQUE BAY, P.E.I. — Firefighters rescued five crew members from a mussel fishing boat that ran aground in rough seas off Prince Edward Island’s North Shore on Monday.

The Federal Court of Appeal says work on a massive rail-and-truck hub in the Greater Toronto Area can go ahead pending its decision on an appeal of a lower court ruling that halted construction.

MONTREAL — A Quebec-based union says its application to represent around 200 Amazon.com Inc. workers has been certified by the province's Administrative Labour Tribunal.

TORONTO — Multiple health organizations are asking Ontario to develop a comprehensive strategy to prepare for the province's upcoming loosening of alcohol rules.

TORONTO — Next time Android users in Canada make a 911 call, a new service embedded in their phones will transmit their location to emergency responders.