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VANCOUVER — Greater Vancouver Realtors says last month's home sales in the region dropped five per cent from a year ago, even as the number of new listings jumped 20 per cent.

EDMONTON — Alberta's seven-month moratorium on renewable power approvals has left a legacy of dozens of cancelled projects and legal uncertainty, says an analysis done on the one-year anniversary of the move.

AURORA, ONTARIO — Magna International Inc. says its second-quarter profit tumbled from a year ago to US$328 million. The Aurora, Ont.-based auto parts manufacturer, which keeps its books in U.S.

OTTAWA — Google says it will pass on the cost of the Liberal government’s digital services tax to advertisers. The company says it will implement a 2.5 per cent surcharge for ads displayed in Canada, starting in October.

WHITEHORSE — The Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation in Yukon wants the company that owns the gold mine where a massive ore slide and cyanide spill occurred in June to be removed from managing the cleanup, and it's calling for a public inquiry into the disa

NEW YORK (AP) — Just a day after rallying on hopes that the Federal Reserve is about to cut interest rates , U.S.

WATERLOO, ONT. — Open Text Corp. says it earned US$248.2 million in its fourth quarter, up from a loss of US$48.7 million a year earlier. The Waterloo, Ont.-based company says revenues for the quarter totalled US$1.4 billion, down from US$1.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index more than wiped out its gains from the day before on Thursday, declining 1.7 per cent with most major sectors down, while U.S. markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 387.60 points at 22,723.

CALGARY — The Calgary Real Estate Board says July home sales dropped 10 per cent year-over-year as 2,380 properties were sold.

MONTREAL — Quebec's labour tribunal has directed Amazon to stop interfering in union affairs, and to pay the union a total of $30,000 in moral and punitive damages.