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Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: HBC Hudson's Bay is expected to return to court Tuesday to seek permission to extend its creditor protection, curr...
May 11, 2025
Quebec sovereigntists watch Alberta referendum talk with optimism, disdain
MONTREAL - As Alberta flirts with the possibility of a referendum on separation, Quebec sovereigntists are watching with interest - and a healthy dose of skepticism. Some are hoping a wave of separati...
May 11, 2025
US-China tariff talks to continue Sunday, an official tells AP, as Trump touts 'great progress made'
GENEVA (AP) - Sensitive talks between U.S. and Chinese delegations over tariffs that threaten to upend the global economy ended after a day of prolonged negotiations and will resume Sunday, an officia...
May 10, 2025
Quebec coroner calls for tougher controls over diphenhydramine sales after 2023 death
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is recommending that diphenhydramine - an antihistamine and sedative sometimes used to sleep better - should be better managed in pharmacies after the overdose death of an ...
May 10, 2025
Canadians could stay visa-free longer in U.S. under proposed bill
Canadian snowbirds could stay longer in the United States without a visa if a bill recently proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law. The bipartisan bill put forward by Reps. Elise St...
May 10, 2025
White House downplays North American auto industry's concerns about U.K. trade deal
WASHINGTON - The White House on Friday downplayed the North American automobile industry's claim that U.S. President Donald Trump's new trade deal with the United Kingdom could make the sector less co...
May 09, 2025
B.C. judge orders limit in tailings dam deposits at Mount Polley mine
VANCOUVER - The Supreme Court in British Columbia has ordered that the Mount Polley mine limit the tailings it can deposit into its storage facility while a First Nation challenges an addition to the ...
May 09, 2025
Calgary, Edmonton mayors call potential separatism referendum 'dangerous'
CALGARY - Alberta's two big-city mayors say a separation referendum would be "devastating" to their local economies and is a needless distraction during a period in which the country should be focused...
May 09, 2025
Unemployment rate rises to 6.9% in April as trade war hits factory jobs
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9 per cent in April as the manufacturing sector started to strain under the weight of tariffs from the United States, Statistics Canada said Frid...
May 09, 2025 Canada's manufacturing industry contracted in April as the sector grappled with tariffs from the United States. Machinery and workers are seen at Algoma Steel Inc., in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Friday, April 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in April. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, how...
May 09, 2025
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