Tag Archives: business

OTTAWA - Two new polls suggest Quebecers are feeling pretty good about their relationship with Canada these days. Between December and February, the share of Quebecers who said they were "very proud" ...

CALGARY - A vast swath of mountain wilderness near where G7 leaders will be meeting at Kananaskis, west of Calgary, will be shut down as officials ramp up security measures to protect the world leader...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants to escalate her province's war on fentanyl. Smith, in a statement, says she's instructed her government to "take immediate steps" to increase p...

TORONTO - A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progre...

VANCOUVER - A proposal by Vancouver's mayor to halt new supportive housing projects in the city has organizations with plans in various stages of completion worried about the projects they've spent ye...

MONTREAL - The federal government and the Canadian dairy industry are vowing to protect the country's supply management system in the face of threats from the United States. But some observers, and ev...

SACRAMENTO - California homebuilders say they will have few options but to keep buying Canadian lumber even if it's hit with 25 per cent tariffs as they rebuild thousands of homes destroyed by devasta...

MONTREAL - A Quebec furniture manufacturer says the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods has forced it to lay off 115 people in the province. South Shore Furniture says it's laying off 97 people a...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. economic summit in Toronto on Friday, days after President Donald Trump said he would hold off on his threatened tariffs against Canada f...

OTTAWA - Canada's trade surplus with the U.S. widened in December as overall exports rose thanks in part to higher energy prices, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The global trade surplus in goods ca...