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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers passed on Friday first-of-its-kind legislation that will increase the state’s lodging tax to raise money for environmental protection and strengthening defenses against climate change -fueled natural disasters. Gov.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index closed higher Friday, though not as much as U.S. markets which got a boost from a positive jobs report.

The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples is joining Indigenous organizations in calling for Hudson's Bay to keep artifacts and sacred items off the auction block.

CALGARY — Imperial Oil Ltd. said frigid weather was to blame for reduced output at its Kearl oilsands mine in northeastern Alberta during the first quarter, but that it's since recovered to deliver strong April production.

GM Canada says it plans to cut a shift at its Oshawa Assembly Plant due to updated demand forecasts and the evolving trade environment.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection guidance released on Thursday said automobile parts compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade will not be hit with President Donald Trump's tariffs.

MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. saw a rise in both profits and uncertainty in its latest quarter as the country's biggest railroad operator worked through a trade war set off by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The chief executive of Saskatchewan-based uranium miner Cameco Corp. is encouraging investors to tune out the "noise" from global trade and geopolitical upheaval and instead focus on the strong outlook for nuclear power demand.

WINNIPEG — Two First Nations groups are joining calls for Hudson's Bay to immediately halt the sale of artifacts and return any cultural, ceremonial and sacred items to the communities that they belong to.

CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. has green-lit a US$900-million pipeline expansion feeding new natural gas-fired power plants in the U.S.