Tag Archives: Economy

OTTAWA - The federal government posted a deficit of $26.4 billion for the first eight months of its 2025-26 fiscal year. In its fiscal monitor, the Finance Department says the result compared with a d...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is offering his seal of approval on U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve. Trump said earlier Friday he would nominate former Federal ...

OTTAWA - A beleaguered manufacturing sector was weighing on the economy heading into the end of 2025, Statistics Canada said Friday. Real GDP growth was flat in November, rebounding somewhat from a de...

OTTAWA - As Canada warns travellers of food and electricity shortages in Cuba, experts say any move by the U.S. to overthrow the island's communist leadership would put Canada in a bind much worse tha...

U.S. President Donald Trump singled out Bombardier in a threat to decertify and tariff Canadian-made aircraft Thursday, marking the latest escalation of trade tensions between the neighbouring countri...

OTTAWA - The gap between the country's highest earning and wealthiest households and those at the bottom end grew in the third quarter of last year as strong financial market gains benefited the rich....

OTTAWA - German submarine manufacturer TKMS has signed an agreement to team up with Seaspan Shipyards to support and maintain potential future patrol submarines supplied to Canada over the long term. ...

New research shows less snowpack in certain regions of Canada can have wide-ranging effects on everything from farms and wildlife to the broader economy. The Concordia University study, published in t...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premiers said Thursday they're maintaining a united front under the long shadow of the upcoming negotiations for the review of North America's key free trad...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says her government has a plan to transform the provincial economy, but warns doing so will require difficult decisions, including cuts to government spe...