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OTTAWA - The unpredictability of the United States' trade war and signs of creeping inflation kept the Bank of Canada's interest rate on hold for a second consecutive decision on Wednesday - even as t...

OTTAWA - Canada's steel industry is calling on the federal government to quickly match U.S. President Donald Trump's 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum - part of a growing chorus demanding swif...

QUBEC - Representatives of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador urged a provincial legislature committee on Tuesday to abandon a forestry reform bill that would reserve large swaths of the pr...

OTTAWA - Canada's tourism industry might be in for a boost as Canadians boycott the United States and spend their travel dollars closer to home this year. In a report released May 29, the Conference B...

OTTAWA - An association representing duty free stores and a group of 15 mayors from border cities have written a letter to the federal government asking for financial support and clarity on export rul...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba politicians reached a deal to speed passage of a free trade bill Monday, hours before the legislature was to break for the summer. More than 30 other bills were also set to be appr...

MONTREAL - Montreal is forging ahead with new rules banning many short-term rentals for nine months a year, hoping to alleviate a housing crunch and strike a blow in a lengthy battle against unauthori...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives pushed the federal government on Monday to disclose how much revenue its counter-tariffs have generated so far - and accused the Liberals of putting their "elbows down" as U...

OTTAWA - The new Crown-Indigenous relations minister says there's a "critical" need to build up First Nations infrastructure - but that work won't qualify for the federal government's push to fast-tra...

Shopify Inc. has come out on top of a battle with the Canada Revenue Agency. A federal court order issued Thursday shows Judge Guy Rgimbald sided with the Canadian tech company, which was fighting the...