National Business

MONTREAL — Transat AT Inc. says it has sold a piece of land in Mexico to resort company Finest Resorts for US$38 million.

CALGARY — More than half of Canadians say they are $200 away or less from not being able to pay all of their bills at the end of the month, a report by insolvency firm MNP Ltd.

TORONTO — Dye & Durham Ltd. has signed a deal to sell its TM Group business to Aurelius in an agreement worth up to 91 million pounds after a British competition regulator took issue with its acquisition of the business in 2021.

VANCOUVER — West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has signed a deal to sell its unbleached softwood kraft pulp mill in Hinton, Alta., to Mondi Group, an integrated packaging and paper company.

At the height of social distancing and other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Canadian cities rolled out temporary patio policies, loosening rules and waiving fees for bars and restaurants looking to seat more customers outdoors.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is expected to raise interest rates again this week as forecasters say the economy has not softened enough for the central bank to back off.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: MTY earnings MTY Food Group Inc. will release its second-quarter results and hold a conference call with investors before financial markets open on Tuesday.

OTTAWA — A recent dino-napping in Ottawa's Chinatown was just the latest in a string of incidents that had people in Canada's capital astir about public art.

WASHINGTON — Canada, the United States and Mexico wrapped up a two-day status report on their shared continental trade agreement Friday as the deal that replaced NAFTA passed its three-year anniversary.

TORONTO — Meta and Google's move away from linking to Canadian news sites is a "moment of reckoning" for publishers and broadcasters that have heavily relied on social media to build audiences, marketing and journalism experts say.