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Federal government launches loan program for Black-owned businesses
OTTAWA - The federal government is opening the doors to a loan program that will provide financing to Black-owned businesses that often face a steep hill to access capital. The Black Entrepreneurship ...
May 31, 2021
P.E.I. senator looks to amend budget bill to deal with issue of EI zones on island
OTTAWA - A senator from Prince Edward Island is pushing for a change to the government's sweeping budget bill that she says would entrench an unfair situation on the island that the Trudeau Liberals h...
May 29, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commits $25M for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank
OTTAWA - Canada will provide $25 million to Palestinian civilians affected by a recent conflict with the Israelis in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Trudeau sa...
May 28, 2021
Finance Department says preliminary deficit of $314 billion for last fiscal year
OTTAWA - The federal government says its preliminary deficit for the last fiscal year was $314 billion, an unprecedented figure caused by an equally unprecedented economic shock. The early deficit fig...
May 28, 2021
Quebec partially reopens major bridge in Montreal closed last week for safety reasons
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says a major Montreal bridge closed last week for safety reasons will be gradually reopened to traffic starting Friday. The le-aux-Tourtes bridge, one of the main brid...
May 27, 2021
CRA estimates 30,000 self-employed people may not have to repay CERB
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency says thousands of self-employed workers who received emergency benefits last year won't have to repay any of it, as long as they meet certain conditions.For anyone w...
May 27, 2021
World body says Canadian beef officially poses 'negligible risk' for mad cow disease
WASHINGTON - Canadian beef producers are finally able to turn the page on the mad cow era, the federal agriculture minister said Thursday after an international animal-health watchdog gave the industr...
May 27, 2021
White House dismisses report that U.S. wants border with Canada reopened next month
WASHINGTON - The United States has made no decisions about when or how to reopen the border with Canada, the White House said Thursday in response to reports suggesting American patience with the clos...
May 27, 2021
Rising interest rates could dampen stimulus impact from federal budget, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer is pouring cold water on the economic fires from the government's latest spending plan, saying that an expected rise in interest rates should temper the amoun...
May 27, 2021
Montreal patios are reopening but bar and restaurant owners say they lack staff
MONTREAL - Karoline Gagnon worked as a bartender or bar manager for 25 years in Montreal and while she says she had often considered changing careers, the money and the freedom that lifestyle offered ...
May 27, 2021
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