Five things to watch for in business in the coming week

Things to watch for in the business world this week:

Alimentation Couche-Tard’s hosts its first-ever investor day Monday. The store chain, which operates as Circle K outside Quebec, says it hasn’t given up hope of selling cannabis as some Western Canadian provinces turn to the private sector for over-the-counter sales.

Canadian negotiators enter the sixth round of NAFTA negotiations in Montreal. U.S. President Donald Trump called NAFTA a “bad joke” last week and linked its future to Mexico’s willingness to pay for a border wall. Finance Minister Bill Morneau conceded that NAFTA uncertainty might be causing some companies to hesitate in making investment decisions. Talks run until Jan. 28.

Rogers Communications Inc. discusses fourth-quarter and yearend results Thursday. The company just came out of a competitive holiday sales period, in which Rogers and its competitors offered a limited-time low-rate plan to counter inroads from Freedom Mobile.

Statistics Canada releases the wholesale trade figures for November on Monday, a sector which was credited with adding 55,000 Alberta jobs in 2017. StatCan will also release retail trade figures on Thursday.

Syncrude Canada will appear in provincial court on Wednesday to face charges related to the deaths of blue herons at one of its mine sites in northern Alberta in 2015.