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Already expensive, planning for fertility treatment difficult as costs vary widely

Already expensive, planning for fertility treatment difficult as costs vary widely

Being unable to have a child naturally can be extremely difficult.
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Stock market today: Wall Street opens higher, adding to gains for May

Stock market today: Wall Street opens higher, adding to gains for May

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening slightly higher on Wall Street, putting the market a bit closer to the record high it set in late March. The S&P 500 edged up 0.
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Wholesale price increases accelerated in April as inflation remains sticky

Wholesale price increases accelerated in April as inflation remains sticky

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices rose sharply last month, a sign that inflation pressures remain stubbornly high after three elevated readings in consumer prices to start the year.
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Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales down 1.1% in March

Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales down 1.1% in March

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and oilseed and grain, fell 1.1 per cent to $81.4 billion in March.
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Hydro One reports $293M Q1 profit, up from $282M a year earlier

Hydro One reports $293M Q1 profit, up from $282M a year earlier

TORONTO — Hydro One Ltd. reported its first-quarter profit rose compared with a year earlier, helped by higher revenue.
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Mining company Hudbay Minerals reports US$18.5M Q1 profit, up from US$5.5M a year ago

Mining company Hudbay Minerals reports US$18.5M Q1 profit, up from US$5.5M a year ago

TORONTO — Hudbay Minerals Inc. reported a first-quarter profit of US$18.5 million, up from US$5.5 million a year ago, as its revenue rose nearly 80 per cent. The Toronto-based mining company, which keeps its books in U.S.
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Cave-in leaves 2 miners dead, 1 missing and 12 injured at a coal mine in Poland

Cave-in leaves 2 miners dead, 1 missing and 12 injured at a coal mine in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two miners were killed and one remains missing after a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in southern Poland early Tuesday in which 12 other miners were hurt, mining authorities said Tuesday.
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No, a best-selling American writing duo didn't pen a Galen Weston romance novel

No, a best-selling American writing duo didn't pen a Galen Weston romance novel

TORONTO — You would be forgiven for thinking Christina Lauren's latest romance novel stars a hunky reimagining of Loblaw chairman Galen G. Weston.
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B.C. moves to cap rent hikes for those in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

B.C. moves to cap rent hikes for those in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

VANCOUVER — The B.C. government has introduced legislation that would allow the City of Vancouver to limit rent increases for new tenants in its poorest neighbourhood, the Downtown Eastside.
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'A steadfast champion of Atlantic Canada': Oil executive Arthur Irving dies at age 93

'A steadfast champion of Atlantic Canada': Oil executive Arthur Irving dies at age 93

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.
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