Tag Archives: business

VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based bookkeeping service Bench Accounting has announced its sudden closure, putting hundreds of staff out of work and forcing clients to seek alternatives just days from the end...

MONTREAL - A team of tugboats is being deployed to refloat a ship that has been stuck in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal since Christmas Eve. The Canadian Coast Guard says the attempt to ...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says a rate freeze on electricity in 2025 is achievable, despite another forecasted financial loss at Crown-owned Manitoba Hydro. Kinew's NDP government promised ...

Five-year-old Beau starts each day being carried by one of his parents to the family's living room, where his wheelchair awaits in their Beamsville, Ont., home. Diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy ...

JASPER, ALTA. - This year, Kim Stark's kids took responsibility for decorating the family Christmas tree. Ornaments include toy cars, puzzle pieces, string and a pair of binoculars - things her three ...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump smiled wide in front of cheering supporters after millions of Americans went to the polls, choosing the divisive Republican leader as the next president of the United States ...

TORONTO - Shoppers flocked to malls on Thursday to take advantage of Boxing Day deals made more enticing by the federal government's GST holiday, but some say the lower prices aren't enough to keep up...

HALIFAX - On the heels of a resounding election victory one month ago, Nova Scotia's premier is adopting a more measured tone when it comes to assessing his province's relationship with the federal go...

OTTAWA - U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he told Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky during a Christmas Day visit that he should run for prime minister of Canada. "I just left Wayne Gretzky, '...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is eager to show that her government can finally put the pieces of a dismantled provincial health-care system back together again in the new year. In a recent...