Tag Archives: Economy

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberal leader pledged to create an incentive program for home renovations Thursday on the campaign trail, while the Green party released its platform, promising a $...

OTTAWA - There have been some delays getting some emergency pandemic benefit cheques out the door this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged Thursday. "We're working through some of t...

OTTAWA - A group of tech companies is making a pitch to the federal government to help startups grow as part of a COVID-19 recovery plan that Liberals are crafting, while some feminist groups are...

WASHINGTON - The latest Federal Reserve survey of U.S. economic activity found generally modest gains in August but also pessimism about the future given the threats posed by the coronavirus. The Fed ...

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed Wednesday to keep up the fight against the never-ending effort in the United States to slap countervailing duties on Canadian softwood-lumber exports. ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. companies added jobs at a modest pace last month, a private survey found, a sign that while hiring continues, it is only soaking up a relatively small proportion of the unemployed. P...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Progressive Conservatives delivered an election campaign announcement Wednesday about education, but not before Premier Blaine Higgs made a point of repeat...

VANCOUER, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is moving forward "aggressively" on ensuring a safe drug supply amid an ongoing overdose crisis that's claimed more than 900 lives in B....

OTTAWA - The national statistics agency is readying a new online tool to help Canadians track the impact of price changes on their spending during the pandemic. Statistics Canada already has a visuali...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals threw a credit lifeline to small businesses on the eve of rent coming due, extending a loan program as new figures showed a rent-relief effort is going to fall well ...