Tag Archives: business

MONTREAL - After years fighting against the opening of a mining project with ties to the Pentagon, Louis Saint-Hilaire is breathing a sigh of relief. That's because this week, the Quebec government re...

CALGARY - Canada's oilsands industry remains under pressure to reduce its greenhouse gas footprint, even as companies have clamped down on public communications in the wake of new anti-greenwashing le...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government's $8.6-billion plan to fast-track building new schools will include a pilot project to incentivize private ones. Smith said the ultimate g...

Federal legislation introduced Wednesday aims to give the fire-ravaged Rocky Mountain town of Jasper, Alta., full authority over local land planning and development instead of Parks Canada. Environmen...

VANCOUVER - Supervised injection sites are saving the lives of drug users everyday, but the same support is not being offered to people who inhale illicit drugs, the head of the BC Centre for Excellen...

OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to China says Ottawa's "complex" relationship with Beijing means some facets of the relationship are speeding along while others are in reverse. "The analogy I constantly ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined Wednesday to endorse Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president, saying neither candidate had sufficient support from the 1.3 mil...

MONTREAL - Montreal police have arrested two people on drug charges following an investigation into the death of a 15-year-old boy from a synthetic opioid overdose last December, a case that made head...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates that helped tame inflation...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's NDP are accusing the government of prioritizing landlords over residents who need an affordable place to live, as the opposition party tables a bill aimed at addressing the hou...