Tag Archives: business

QUBEC - Quebec tabled its own bill Tuesday to expedite large-scale projects in the province, one that would allow the province to amend some 30 laws to allow the realization of projects deemed of nati...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending the funding process that saw one government ministry give money to a company even after another ministry identified "irregularities" that are now being...

HALIFAX - Uber drivers in Halifax could soon be subjected to more scrutiny under changes proposed for the region's vehicle-for-hire regulations. A new staff report for Halifax regional council is reco...

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament voted Tuesday to defeat a Conservative motion aimed at pinning down the Liberals on whether they support building a pipeline to the B.C. coast. The motion was defeated b...

OTTAWA - Ottawa has signed a new strategic partnership with the Canadian firms Telesat and MDA Space to develop military satellite communications for the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic. It's amon...

MONTREAL AND TORONTO - A tentative deal reached hours ahead of a strike deadline by the Air Transat pilots union prevented the chaos of a holiday-adjacent work stoppage but came too late for some pass...

EDMONTON - Elections Alberta has approved a bid by country music singer Corb Lund to start collecting signatures for a petition to ask the province to pass a law banning new coal mining on the eastern...

MONTREAL - Air Transat passengers face the prospect of flight suspensions this week as the leisure airline prepares to wind down operations ahead of a Wednesday strike deadline from pilots. Travel com...

TORONTO - The Ontario Provincial Police have launched an investigation into a company connected to the Skills Development Fund after the province found "irregularities" relating to payments it receive...

MONTREAL - Quebec's will reduce the amount of time it takes to complete an environmental assessment by about half in order to speed up major projects such as mines and energy sector development, Envir...