Tag Archives: business

WINNIPEG - The board chairman at Manitoba's Crown-owned energy utility has resigned, two years after taking on the job. Manitoba Hydro says officials at the corporation were saddened to learn of Ben G...

CALGARY - The prospect of building a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast has garnered most of the attention since Ottawa and Alberta announced their sweeping energy accord late last month, but anot...

QUBEC - The Quebec government is warning that a draft energy deal with Newfoundland and Labrador could be at risk if it's not settled before next year's provincial election. In a recent interview with...

LETHBRIDGE - Amendments to Alberta's legislation on citizen-initiated referendums mean Corb Lund's recently approved application for a petition drive to stop new coal mining on the eastern slopes of t...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government plans to offer private owners of land in the Cowichan Aboriginal title area more than $150 million in loan guarantees, amid fears abou...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is forecast to see its federal equalization payments jump by $355 million, or 7.5 per cent, in the next fiscal year as it continues to try to balance the provincial ...

VANCOUVER - Canisters of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, sold under the guise of whip cream chargers are increasingly showing up at Metro Vancouver waste facilities, and they're causing dan...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will purchase six Global 6500 jets to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force's remaining Challenger aircraft, which are used to shuttle around VIPs like the prime...

TORONTO - In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the royal charter that created Canada's oldest company was loaded onto a private plane in Toronto. Protected by a durable case that was not too hot, no...

MONTREAL - The first segment of the federal government's proposed high-speed rail project will connect Montreal and Ottawa, acting as a test case for a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project inten...