Tag Archives: business

MONTREAL - Officials at Montreal-Trudeau International airport say a new $600-million light-rail station is still on track to be delivered next year. Project director Steeve Bouffard says the REM stat...

RICHMOND - Federal prosecutors say a British Columbia man has pleaded guilty to two terrorism offences after he stole a small plane on Vancouver Island last July, triggering a security incident at Van...

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling on Ottawa to return some of the revenue from higher gasoline prices to give Canadians a break at the pumps - but some economists say cutting gas taxes is...

ST. JOHN'S - Former Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams donated more than $46,000 to the Progressive Conservatives ahead of last year's election in a province where corporations and indiv...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt won't commit to letting the province's public power utility set electricity rates without political interference - a key recommendation from an independe...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the federal government's probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector is not taking workers' arguments seriously. Ottawa launched an...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is stepping into local politics over its housing policies, forcing the District of West Vancouver to approve a plan that would allow for more homes to be bui...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has told the legislature his government might cut the provincial fuel tax, but it's not clear how seriously he is considering it. Kinew recently said his temporar...

TORONTO - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says the government of Panama has approved the removal, processing and export of stockpiled ore at the Cobre Panam copper mine. The company says the move does not...

The federal government is spending $412.9 million over five years to renew the Pacific Salmon Strategy in a plan to protect and rebuild wild populations. Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson made the an...