National Business

TORONTO — One of three major tobacco companies involved in years of negotiations with creditors says it opposes the proposed multi-billion-dollar settlement announced in the case earlier this month. JTI-Macdonald Corp.

Taxes, health care and housing are today's topics on the election campaign for Nova Scotia's three main parties. Liberal Leader Zach Churchill will be at his party's headquarters in Halifax to present a "plan to lower taxes.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to publish its August gross domestic product report, which will include an early estimate for economic growth in the third quarter.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday reported more cases of E. coli poisoning among people who ate at McDonald’s, as government investigators seeking the outbreak’s source identified an “onion grower of interest” in Washington state.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is proposing legislative changes in an effort to deter the illegal sale and slaughter of meat. Agriculture Minister R.J.

TORONTO — TMX Group Ltd. says it earned $82.7 million in its third quarter, slightly down from $85.3 million a year earlier. Revenue for the company that operates the Toronto Stock Exchange totalled $353.8 million. That's up 23 per cent from $287.

LONDON (AP) — British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves raised taxes Wednesday by around 40 billion pounds ($52 billion) to plug a hole she claims to have identified in the public finances and fund the U.K.

TORONTO — Spin Master Corp. says it earned US$140.1 million in its third quarter, down 15 per cent from a year earlier. The toy company known for Paw Patrol and other popular brands says revenue totalled US$885.7 million, up from US$710.

TORONTO — Ontario sharply lowered its projected deficit for next year in a move the opposition suggests is all about setting the stage for a balanced budget just ahead of a possible spring election.

A coalition of Canadian environmental groups has lost its latest bid to prevent Alaska's salmon fishery from being labelled as sustainable by an international certification body.