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WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence fell for the second consecutive month, sinking to the lowest levels in more than six years as a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in many parts of the country hei...

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Sales of new homes jumped again in July, rising 13.9% as the housing market continues to gain traction following a spring downturn caused by pandemic-related lockdowns. The Commer...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is turning to the public for input on its inflation-rate target that underlies any changes to the central bank's trend-setting interest rate. The bank had already planned o...

WASHINGTON - Canadian lumber producers cheered the latest decision Monday from the World Trade Organization on Canada's long-standing dispute with its largest trading partner over exports of softwood ...

Business school students in Ontario are sounding the alarm about what they call outright racism from fellow students and a lack of equity and diversity training among faculty. A number of social media...

BATH, Maine - A 63-day strike at Bath Iron Works - against the backdrop of a pandemic in an election year - came to an end Sunday with shipbuilders voting to return to their jobs producing warships fo...

OTTAWA - Perrin Beatty was on his way home from the office when his phone rang. It was Chrystia Freeland, who 24 hours earlier had become Canada’s finance minister. For the president of the Cana...

TORONTO - Landlords are lining up to sign Rees Nam and their partner as tenants, even though the two have already found an apartment in Toronto - a far cry from when Nam was last on the hunt...

The provincial health authority issued a possible COVID-19 exposure warning for two Prince Albert businesses on Friday. Someone who tested positive for COVID-19 visited the following locations when th...

BOSTON - Breaking their silence for the first time since their arrest, "Full House" star Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli apologized Friday for using their wealth and privilege to ...