Tag Archives: business

MONTREAL - About 2,500 workers at 22 hotels in some of Quebec's biggest cities have launched a one-day strike to protest an impasse in contract talks. The walkout at hotels in Montreal, Quebec City an...

TORONTO - When August rolled around, April Hicke realized the $100 she typically gives her 13-year-old son to update his wardrobe in time for school to start was no longer enough. "Even on the sale ra...

OTTAWA - The Finance Department says the federal deficit was $2.9 billion over the first three months of the fiscal year. The result compared with a $3.6-billion surplus for the same period a year ear...

MONTREAL - The union representing thousands of railroaders has appealed the federal government's move that ended last week's rail shutdown - a work stoppage that halted freight and commuter traffic ac...

MONTREAL - Workers' rights are once again under the microscope after last week's massive railway work stoppage was abruptly halted when the federal government intervened less than 17 hours after the s...

Yukon's Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation says an independent review of a disaster at the Eagle Gold mine on its territory is urgently needed but it has serious concerns the Yukon government is trying to "...

OTTAWA - It is already more cost effective over the long term to buy an electric vehicle than a gas-powered model, but the savings must get substantially higher if Canada is to meet its EV sales targe...

MONTREAL - Unions representing longshore workers at the country's major ports are promising to put pressure on the federal government if it won't commit to staying out of potential labour disputes in ...

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government revealed Thursday that it expects to spend more than it collects in revenue in the 2024-25 fiscal year as it scrambles to cover health-care expenses, includi...

You're a few weeks into your new job and payday has arrived. But reading your first paystub, it's a little unclear what all of these deductions mean. After all, the exact amount of your biweekly direc...