Author Archives: Taylor MacPherson

HALIFAX - It will be the luck of the draw that chooses the next councillor for a district in northern Cape Breton after two candidates earned the same number of votes in a recent municipal election. A...

Retail organizations are applauding a move to temporarily stop charging the federal sales tax on many items, but say the decision means some businesses have their work cut out for them. The vice-presi...

Premier Scott Moe gave a big 'Thanks, but no thanks' to a series of suggestions from the federal NDP on how to improve affordability. On Wednesday, as he was encouraging the federal government to give...

An investigation has begun at a Regina steel plant after a worker was fatally injured this week. In an emailed statement from Evraz North America, the company said it was "deeply saddened" to confirm ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government plans to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a slew of items just in time for Christmas and send cheques to millions of Canadians this spring. ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Bitcoin topped $98,000 for the first time Thursday, extending a streak of almost daily all-time highs since the U.S. presidential election. The cryptocurrency has rocketed more than 40...

VANCOUVER - Canada's border agency says it has detained about 50 shipments of cargo over suspicions they were products of forced labour under rules introduced in 2020 - but only one was eventually det...

WASHINGTON - U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has picked a former Michigan congressman as his upcoming administration's ambassador to Canada. Trump said in a statement that Pete Hoekstra would help h...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trudeau expected to announce temporary GST break on some items, NDP says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expe...

The Canada Post strike is causing a headache for more than just the workers and management. Many small businesses are worried about shipping their products, and many people are concerned about their C...