Tag Archives: business

OTTAWA - Mark Carney's victory in the Liberal leadership race puts the final nail in the coffin of Ottawa's controversial plan to hike the inclusion rate on capital gains. When they tabled their budge...

OTTAWA - Only two of the candidates in the Liberal leadership race - Mark Carney and Ruby Dhalla - disclosed their fundraising events to Elections Canada. A political transparency advocate says this e...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal has reserved its decision on whether the federal government is solely responsible for the dike system that protects the low-lying land corridor linking Nova Sco...

REGINA - Prairie farmers say planned Chinese retaliatory tariffs on Canadian agricultural products are causing loads of uncertainty, while threats of U.S. levies and industry issues have created furth...

The Senate voted Monday to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as U.S. labor secretary, a Cabinet position that puts her in charge of enforcing federally mandated worker rights and protections at a time when ...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the province's Crown-owned energy corporation could use its purchasing power to fight back against tariffs imposed by the United States. Kinew says Manitoba ...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing calls to cancel a speaking appearance with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro at an upcoming fundraiser for Florida-based PragerU. A conserv...

American beer, wine and all other alcohol is being removed from government stores in British Columbia in retaliation for U.S. tariffs, expanding a ban on liquor from so-called red states that voted fo...

SAGUENAY, Que. - It's difficult to drive along the snow-covered roads of Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region without coming across trucks transporting freshly cut logs. Wood, as well as aluminum, are...

WASHINGTON - Canada remains in the crosshairs of U.S. President Donald Trump's enormous tariff agenda, with steel and aluminum duties set to come into force on Wednesday. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howar...