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A Norwegian company is investing $3.2 billion to build a synthetic graphite plant in southwestern Ontario. Vianode CEO Burkhard Straube says it will construct the plant in St. Thomas, Ont., and will i...

OTTAWA - Canada's federal banking regulator is moving to make it easier for banks to loan money to small and medium-sized businesses and for some real estate projects. The Office of the Superintendent...

VICTORIA - Trade of tens of thousands of goods across Canada's 14 jurisdictions will soon be free after an agreement has been signed between all provinces, territories and the federal government to al...

ABU DHABI - Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an investment-protection agreement Thursday with the United Arab Emirates during a visit to Abu Dhabi that has involved limited media access as concerns g...

TORONTO - A multinational security firm that used to provide screening services at airports in British Columbia and the Yukon is suing the Canadian government for more than $420 million after being re...

CALGARY - Alberta and Ottawa are said to be closing in on a "grand bargain" that could see a new West Coast oilsands pipeline built in tandem with emissions-offsetting measures, but it's unclear it wo...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's hopeful the federal government and Alberta can make progress on getting a pipeline built and allowing some tanker traffic on the northern B.C. coast. ...

MONTREAL - Hydro-Qubec's chief executive says she is confident a draft energy deal with Newfoundland and Labrador will be finalized, despite political moves in the eastern province that leave the agre...

EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general estimates the government's failed effort to privatize community lab testing services left taxpayers on the hook for about $109 million. Auditor general Doug Wylie,...

TORONTO - A cryptocurrency firm incorporated in British Columbia is appealing a $176 million penalty issued by Canada's anti-money-laundering agency last month. Xeltox Enterprises Ltd. says in an appe...