Tag Archives: business

GATINEAU, Que. - The Competition Bureau says it is likely that Bunge Ltd.'s US$8.2-billion deal to acquire Viterra Ltd. would "substantially" reduce competition in the grain and canola oil markets. In...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to reconsider its proposed changes to capital gains taxation, arguing it will affect doctors' retirement savings. Kathleen Ro...

SHERBROOKE, Que. - On Monday morning in Sherbrooke, Que., dozens of tractors slowly rolled along a stretch of road between the regional offices of Quebec's farmers association and the Agriculture Depa...

MIAMI (AP) - The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa program that he sought to restrict during his administration and which many of his allies wan...

GATINEAU, Que. - Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan says he has appointed an Industrial Inquiry Commission to dig deeper into the underlying causes of B.C.'s port strike last summer. The federal g...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is stepping in to stop Calgary residents from being forced to pay hefty surcharges on their power bills. Utilities Minister Nathan Neudorf introduced a bill Monday th...

NEW YORK (AP) - They watched from the courtroom or via closed-circuit television in an overflow room - roughly 140 reporters, most with laptops or other silenced electronic devices, serving up news at...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California lawmakers on Monday rejected a proposal aimed at cracking down on how some of the nation's largest utilities spend customers' money. California's investor-owned ut...

TRIANGLE, Virginia (AP) - President Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income commu...

OTTAWA - Canada is seeking to get a better handle on how much plastic is being produced in the country by forcing companies that make it to report annually on what they produce. Environment Minister S...