Tag Archives: business

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding that Prime Minister Mark Carney cut taxes and keep the federal deficit under $42 billion in the coming budget. It seems clear the latter will...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has awarded a $2.18-million contract without any competition for a consulting firm to help it deliver better homecare services. Barbara Adams, minister of seniors ...

MONTREAL - Montreal's light-rail system has an opening date for its northwest expansion, with the Deux-Montagnes line set to open on Nov. 17. The new branch of the REM network includes 14 stations, th...

EDINBURGH - Three men accused of being involved in the death of a restaurant owner in Owen Sound, Ont., have consented to be extradited from Scotland to face trial in Canada. The men, who are from the...

An Indigenous advocate in northern Ontario says his community's past experience with Anglo American PLC's diamond-mining subsidiary De Beers does not inspire confidence that a proposed merger between ...

TORONTO - Ontario's Ministry of Health has tasked hospitals struggling with deficits to come up with a three-year plan to balance their budgets, and service cuts and bed closures do not appear to be o...

EDMONTON - Albertans are set to pick their next mayors and councillors today as municipal elections take place across the province. Edmonton is guaranteed to see a new face in the mayor's chair, as Am...

TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's government returns to Queen's Park Monday for what promises to be a short but intense seven-week sitting that opposition parties say they fear is becoming a new and undem...

VICTORIA - Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West says community pressure is responsible for the provincial government's decision to speed up the reconstruction of an elementary school destroyed by fire almos...

VICTORIA - Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says it is "unacceptable" that Ottawa always steps up when it comes to supporting key sectors in Ontario and Quebec, but "continues to drop the ball" when it co...