Tag Archives: business

OTTAWA - The federal government is extending changes it made in March to the employment insurance program in response to the trade war with the U.S. The changes were meant to help businesses retain wo...

EDMONTON - Alberta animal farmers are pleased but anxious for updates after the provincial government paused new limits on annual on-farm slaughter sales. Under Alberta's on-farm slaughter program, li...

Police in British Columbia are investigating after shots were fired at a restaurant linked to a prominent Indian comedian, with apparent footage of the shooting widely shared on social media. Kap's Ca...

ST. JOHN'S - Protesters have blockaded a Hydro-Qubec work site at a proposed hydroelectric project in traditional Innu territory in Labrador, prompting the utility to suspend its operations in the are...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports on Aug. 1 in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney posted on social media Thursday night, evident...

OTTAWA - Parliament's fiscal watchdog is projecting that the Canada Infrastructure Bank will fall more than $20 billion short of its investment targets for the coming years. In a new report released T...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says he wishes his government's $1.35 million partnership with home-sharing platform Happipad had resulted in more than just 60 leases over two years. Respond...

OTTAWA - Ottawa says it will work to align its flight security regulations with those in the U.S. after Washington dropped a rule that required passengers to remove their shoes during security screeni...

WASHINGTON - Canada likely isn't the main target of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceutical imports, an industry representative said Wednesday - but his ...

OTTAWA - Canada continues to fall behind on efforts to build up a network of electric vehicle charging stations, even as the rising number of chargers along key corridors makes it easier for Canadians...