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OTTAWA - Expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline will now cost at least $12.6 billion - up from a three-year-old estimate of $7.4 billion on a project Finance Minister Bill Morn...

A blockade on a rail line in eastern Ontario has halted service along one of Via Rail's busiest routes and led to numerous cancellations. Spokesman Karl-Philip Marchand Giguere did not provide reasons...

WASHINGTON - U.S. hiring jumped last month, and many more people were encouraged to look for work, showing that the economy remains robust despite threats from China's viral outbreak, an ongoing trade...

MILAN - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said Thursday that while the virus outbreak in China posed no immediate business risk, production at one European plant could be affected if supply chains remain bloc...

Shares in Twitter jumped Thursday after the social media company said revenue and user numbers exceeded forecasts in the latest quarter, though profit fell as expenses rose. The San Francisco-based te...

NEW YORK - The publisher of The New York Times posted a 20% gain in fourth-quarter profits as the paper continued to add digital subscribers, although ad revenue declined both online and in print. In ...

BEIJING - China cut tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. imports including soybeans, pork and auto parts Thursday in a trade truce with Washington while Beijing struggles with a costly virus outbreak. The c...

HALIFAX - Two executives once referred to by a judge as the mastermind and enforcer of a multimillion-dollar stock market scheme were jailed this week as Nova Scotia's highest court upheld their ...

ISTANBUL - A Turkish airliner skidded off a runway, crashed into a ditch and broke apart while landing in bad weather in Istanbul Wednesday, killing three people and injuring dozens more. Passengers h...

TOKYO - Large white sheets covering them head-to-knee, people infected with a new virus were led by gloved and masked officials Wednesday off a Japanese cruise ship, while the rest of the 3,700 people...