National Business

GATINEAU, Que. — A former regional vice-president for the Dessau engineering firm has pleaded guilty to participating in a bid-rigging scheme that cost the City of Gatineau, Que., an estimated $1.8 million.

PARIS — The French capital, in all its splendor and architectural beauty, was the star of Paris Fashion Week Thursday as houses put on elaborate outdoor displays in some of the city's most iconic squares.

MONTREAL — The former head of Otera Capital, a subsidiary of the Caisse de depot pension fund manager, is seeking about $7.35 million in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit.

Two McDonald's Canada restaurants will soon be testbeds for the company's greener packaging initiatives, serving wooden cutlery, paper straws and other recycling-friendly packaging.

A Senate committee has recommended that Ottawa push forward with a framework to facilitate open banking, a concept that would allow third-parties like financial technology startups access to banking data to develop innovative services.

TORONTO — Canada could reach an oversupply of legal pot as soon as the end of this year, depending on how the rollout of edibles and other next-generation products impacts supply, a U.S. cannabis research analyst says.

AUSTIN, Texas — With a name that sounds like futuristic fiction, Rapid DNA machines roughly the size of an office printer have helped solve rape cases in Kentucky, identified California wildfire victims and verified family connections of migrants at

MONTREAL — Fontaine Sante Foods is expanding in the United States with the acquisition of the Garden Fresh Gourmet, a subsidiary of Campbell Soup Co. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available.

OTTAWA — The federal government has approved a merger between two northern air carriers that Canada's competition watchdog has said would amount to a monopoly on key routes.

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. says its shareholders approved transactions connected to the company's proposed acquisition of U.S. cannabis company Acreage Holdings. The Smiths Falls, Ont.,-based cannabis producer says 99.