National Business

Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,149.92, down 46.12 points). Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB). Health care. Down 15 cents, or 1.36 per cent, to $10.87 on 112 million shares.

TORONTO — Shares in several major Canadian forestry companies closed down Wednesday after an analyst downgrade and lower-than expected building permits for the crucial U.S. housing sector.

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar was pushed to its highest level in September on Wednesday after crude oil prices hit a two-month peak. The November crude contract was up $1.18 to US$70.77 per barrel, just short of a high set July 13.

TORONTO — Shares in marijuana company Tilray Inc.

TORONTO — Real estate companies that were promised access to a Toronto Real Estate Board feed of Greater Toronto Area home sales data on Tuesday said some are still waiting to get their hands on the numbers and others were slow to receive them.

TORONTO — A J.D. Power survey says passenger satisfaction has improved in two years at Canada's three largest airports.

TORONTO — A class action lawsuit regarding trailing commissions paid to discount brokers on CIBC mutual funds has been proposed against the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and CIBC Trust Corp.

VANCOUVER — The developer of a floating liquefied natural gas export facility proposed for Vancouver Island says it has a deal with a Korean shipbuilder for the design of two large at-shore hulls.

WASHINGTON — U.S. home construction rebounded in August at the fastest pace in seven months but applications for new building permits plunged, sending mixed signals for an industry that has been struggling with rising lumber costs.

MILLVILLE, Ky. — The whiskey quit flowing decades ago from a landmark Kentucky distillery housed in a picturesque castle. Nearly a half-century of neglect reduced the one-time tourist draw to a decaying relic.