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Federal Court says class action on COVID-19 airfare refunds a matter for other courts
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has punted consideration of airfare refunds, which customers say they are owed following hundreds of thousands of cancelled flights, to provincial courts. Justice Michael Ma...
Nov 26, 2020
Provinces push Freeland to delay bump in CPP premiums in economic update
OTTAWA - Provincial finance ministers have quietly prodded Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to pause planned increases in premiums workers and businesses pay into the Canada Pension Plan. The planne...
Nov 26, 2020
Economists weigh impacts of added COVID-19 measures
People in Saskatchewan are waiting to see what new measures or restrictions will be coming after Manitoba and Alberta introduced new ways to control the spread of COVID-19 this past week. Manitoba fav...
Nov 25, 2020
Moose Jaw council votes to dissolve Mosaic Place operator
Moose Jaw city council voted Monday night to dissolve Downtown Facility and Field House Inc., (DFFH) marking the end of the embattled company that once operated Mosaic Place. Last year, the city tappe...
Nov 25, 2020
Unchanged from early estimate, US economy grew 33.1% in Q3
WASHINGTON - The second of three estimates on U.S. growth for the July-September quarter was unchanged at a record pace of 33.1%. But a resurgence in the coronavirus is expected to slow growth sharply...
Nov 25, 2020
Advocacy groups slam regulator's latest statement on airline refunds
OTTAWA - Consumer rights advocates are criticizing the latest statement on airline refunds from the country's transport regulator, saying it contradicts federal and provincial rules to the detriment o...
Nov 24, 2020
Liberals to unveil first step on child-care plan in economic update, sources say
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will take a small step toward a plan to create a national daycare system, with sources telling The Canadian Press next week's economic update will have money for a new fe...
Nov 24, 2020
Lack of Canadian vaccine production means others could get inoculations first: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians on Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines will start to arrive in the coming months even as he acknowledged that other nations are likely to...
Nov 24, 2020
Nova Scotia imposes tough restrictions on Halifax after 37 new COVID cases reported
HALIFAX - Atlantic Canada's largest city will be subject to sweeping restrictions that stop just short of a full lockdown for the next two weeks as the province moves to head off a continuing surge in...
Nov 24, 2020
Rent relief opens for business as Liberals set to deliver economic update on Nov. 30
OTTAWA - The federal government's latest lifeline to cash-strapped businesses landed with a swirl of anxiety as companies face an uncertain future that may become clearer next week when the Liberals t...
Nov 22, 2020
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