Tag Archives: business

TORONTO - Toronto city council is granting the island airport a lease extension that would keep the hub open for at least another two decades. In a 17-8 vote on Wednesday, councillors passed a motion ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. Th...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the cl...

VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has changed his story about seeing a man die of a drug overdose on his way to a televised election debate, after the BC Coroners Service said it had no...

TORONTO - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday that the federal government is moving ahead with guidelines around sustainable investing and corporate climate disclosures, but details on t...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is facing criticism for a program that paid students to learn a construction skill - as less than half the graduates are certified to work in the industry. After it wa...

OTTAWA - A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer says inflation and higher interest rates have eroded Canadians' purchasing power since 2022, particularly for lower-income households. Howev...

WASHINGTON - A new report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce is sending a stark warning ahead of the U.S. presidential election, saying protectionist policies like Donald Trump's proposed tariffs c...

FREDERICTON - Improving health care comes through better management, not spending more money, according to New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative leader, who says he'll bring "business acumen" to de...

MONTREAL - The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to the construction of a massive rail-and-truck hub in the Greater Toronto Area, allowing the project to proceed. In a unanimous ruling...