Tag Archives: Economy

TORONTO - Shoppers flocked to malls on Thursday to take advantage of Boxing Day deals made more enticing by the federal government's GST holiday, but some say the lower prices aren't enough to keep up...

HALIFAX - On the heels of a resounding election victory one month ago, Nova Scotia's premier is adopting a more measured tone when it comes to assessing his province's relationship with the federal go...

OTTAWA - U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he told Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky during a Christmas Day visit that he should run for prime minister of Canada. "I just left Wayne Gretzky, '...

OTTAWA - Immigration measures announced as part of Canada's border response to president-elect Donald Trump's 25 per cent tariff threat are starting to be implemented, beginning with a ban on what's k...

MONTREAL - Immigrants are increasingly choosing to stay in Quebec, according to a new report from Statistics Canada, but the same isn't true in the Atlantic region, which continues to lose newcomers t...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada's governing council expects its second straight outsized interest rate cut helped it turn a corner in its fight to tame inflation, but it is watching the economy closely am...

OTTAWA - The federal government has named Alison Nankivell the new president and chief executive officer of Export Development Canada, succeeding Mairead Lavery who helmed the Crown corporation for th...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is ending its yearlong fuel tax holiday but bringing back the levy at a lower rate. The government temporarily suspended the 14-cents-a-litre tax on gasoline and die...

Beijia Ge's work duties change on an hourly basis. The Kingston, Ont., resident might be chatting with Chinese students about their secrets and challenges, or helping someone pack a suitcase, or bakin...

OTTAWA - An "overheated" immigration system that admitted record numbers of newcomers to the country has harmed Canada's decades-old consensus on the benefits of immigration, Immigration Minister Marc...