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Liberals to hold 2026 party convention in Montreal
OTTAWA - Mark Carney will preside over his first Liberal convention as party leader and prime minister next spring. The Liberal party's national board of directors says the convention will be held in ...
May 20, 2025
Government decisions a major factor in inflation, Sask. business analyst says
Canada's inflation rate dropped down sharply in April, and one analyst says a lot of the decline comes down to the end of the consumer carbon tax. According to Statistics Canada, the inflation rate co...
May 20, 2025 “It was the elimination of the carbon tax that just brought inflation down… and this probably means that the Bank of Canada is going to be able to feel more comfortable lowering interest rates as we go forward,” business analyst Paul Martin explained. (Céline Grimard/650 CKOM)
One worker dead, two injured after collapse at construction site north of Montreal
BLAINVILLE - The underground walls of a construction site north of Montreal collapsed on Tuesday morning, killing one worker and injuring two others. Police in Blainville, Que., said they received a c...
May 20, 2025
Kansas businesses hit by Trump's trade war are wooing Canadian customers
OTTAWA - The head of the chamber of commerce in Topeka, Kan., is in Ottawa this week seeking to strengthen ties as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs continue to rattle cross-border business relati...
May 20, 2025
Vintners and brewers thrilled with supports in Ontario budget
TORONTO - Ontario's vintners and brewers are thrilled with the support provided by the province in its latest budget, saying it helps stabilize the industry in uncertain times. The province is set to ...
May 20, 2025
Majority of Quebecers think province should end carbon pricing, survey says
MONTREAL - Weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney scrapped the federal consumer carbon levy, more than half of Quebecers want their province to follow suit and abolish its own price on carbon, a new p...
May 20, 2025
As regulators abandon 'bare minimum' corporate climate reporting, a backstop lurks
TORONTO - In the future, seeing the carbon emissions of a company may not be much harder than finding out how many calories are in a chocolate bar, but that day looks further out than it did just a fe...
May 20, 2025
Here's a list of April inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.7 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely becaus...
May 20, 2025
Here's a list of April inflation rates for Canadian provinces
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 1.7 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador: 0.4 per cent...
May 20, 2025
Top finance officials from G7 countries gather in Banff for three-day summit
BANFF - High-ranking officials from the world's top economies are in Banff, Alta., this week for a three-day summit that will cover topics including the global economy, the war in Ukraine and artifici...
May 20, 2025 Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne arrives for a meeting of the federal cabinet in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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