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OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.6 per cent in February, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely bec...

OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.6 per cent in February, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.2 per c...

Empty shelves and idle escalators greeted shoppers Monday as they poked through Hudson's Bay stores looking for bargains and perhaps a piece of history. In Edmonton, some racks at two Bay locations we...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to release inflation figures for February today. Most economists expect inflation picked up as the federal government's temporary tax break on a number of household s...

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government tabled a $14.3-billion budget Tuesday that has been driven deep into deficit by a promised increase in health-care funding and a contingency fund to deal wit...

NEWPORT, VT. - President Donald Trump's threats to make Canada a 51st state are "unacceptable," a U.S. Senator from Vermont said Tuesday as businesspeople on both sides of the border gathered to denou...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is setting annual rate increases for electricity for the next two years in response to rising demand for power along with economic uncertainty stemming from actions south ...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP says it'll pressure Premier Scott Moe's government to put Canada first as politicians return for the spring legislative sitting during a turbulent trade war with...

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the city's response to steep U.S. tariffs on Canada will include barring American companies from bidding on some city contracts and a tax deferral program for industrial...

SURREY, B.C. - Canadians in several cities, including Ottawa and Vancouver have joined a wave of "Tesla Takedown" protests to denounce CEO Elon Musk and his role advising U.S. President Donald Trump. ...