Tag Archives: business

TORONTO - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is looking into the rates for phone calls at correctional facilities across the country, spurred by high long-distance charges...

CALGARY - As the threat of 25 per cent tariffs looms over Canada, Alberta's premier says Ottawa should appoint a "border czar" to work collaboratively with the United States. Danielle Smith told repor...

VANCOUVER - The relationship between the U.S. and Canada has "fundamentally changed," regardless of whether U.S. President Donald Trump's promised tariffs on Canadian goods materialize on Saturday, ac...

EDMONTON - The right to hunt a single bighorn sheep, Alberta's official mammal, has netted the province US$400,000 at auction. The Alberta government says it's a record-setting price and hopefully a s...

OTTAWA - If the U.S. follows through on President Donald Trump's threat to impose massive tariffs on Canada as early as Saturday, Ottawa could hit back with retaliatory tariffs within hours or days, a...

JASPER, ALTA. - The Insurance Bureau of Canada says last year's wildfire in Jasper, Alta., which destroyed one-third of the town's homes and buildings, is the second costliest fire disaster in the cou...

TORONTO - An Ontario judge began hearing arguments Wednesday about whether to approve a landmark $32.5-billion settlement that would see three major tobacco companies compensate provinces, territories...

OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats are urging the Liberal government to move quickly to complete expansion of the dental care program and start signing deals with the provinces and territories to begi...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada delivered another interest rate cut on Wednesday, reducing its policy rate by a quarter percentage point to three per cent. But looming U.S. tariffs are weighing on the cen...

TORONTO - The vast majority of Canadian business leaders want a targeted, dollar-for-dollar retaliatory response if the United States delivers on its tariff threats this week, a new KPMG in Canada sur...