National Business

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 1.4 per cent to $64.1 billion in March. Economists had expected an increase of 0.9 per cent, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon.

CHICAGO — CEO Oscar Munoz says he will be aboard United Airlines' first flight of a Boeing 737 Max once regulators agree to let the aircraft fly again. Munoz made the promise after Chicago-based United's annual meeting with shareholders Wednesday.

TORONTO — Postmedia Network Inc. plans to buy a minority stake in The Logic Inc. — a digital-only Canadian media outlet with a mandate to break tech-focused news through investigative journalism, the two companies announced Wednesday.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index fell Wednesday on declines in three of its most influential sectors and ongoing concerns about the trade dispute between the U.S. and China. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 99.12 points at 16,327.

Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,327.35, down 99.12 points ). Prometic Life Sciences Inc. Health care. Unchanged at 4.5 cents on 14.2 million shares.

TORONTO — Program spending under Ontario's Progressive Conservatives, which will drop to its lowest level in 30 years, could contribute to weaker economic growth at a time when fiscal clouds are gathering, the province's budget watchdog said Wednesda

CALGARY — Western Canada's Montney oil and gas region would be two to four times more productive if it was in the United States with its more efficient regulatory systems, says the CEO of Encana Corp.

TORONTO — Postmedia Network Inc. plans to buy a minority stake in The Logic Inc. — a digital-only Canadian media outlet with a mandate to break tech-focused news through investigative journalism.

DONKIN, N.S. — A Cape Breton colliery has been issued another stop work order after a methane fire occurred as coal miners worked on the rock face Tuesday afternoon.

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Securities Commission says it has won a court decision in Nevada that enforces a $21.7-million order against a man accused of defrauding his Canadian clients.