Tag Archives: business

While many sectors have struggled to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Saskatchewan real estate industry is trending upwards. Across the province, sales were up by 56 per cent in July compared to J...

OTTAWA - The federal government is being urged to rethink Canada's employment insurance program as millions of workers are moved off of an emergency benefit while the country's job market is still rec...

BEIJING - China has sentenced a fourth Canadian citizen to death on drug charges in less than two years following a sharp downturn in ties over the arrest of an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei....

Karyn Keith says she isn't asking for much. All she wants is the same support she'd receive if she was out of a job because of the pandemic, rather than unable to work because...

Facebook's Instagram is officially launching its answer to the hit short video app TikTok - Instagram Reels. The new Instagram feature will let users record and edit 15-second videos with audio, and w...

WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department will ramp up the size of the bonds and other securities it auctions across-the-board in the face of the unprecedented borrowing needs of the the U.S. government as...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit fell in June for the first time since February as exports posted a record increase, rising twice as fast as imports. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the...

LONDON - European Union regulators opened an in-depth investigation Tuesday into Google's plan to buy fitness tracking device maker Fitbit. The EU's executive commission said it was concerned the deal...

OTTAWA - The pandemic has not been easy on a key source of revenue for Habit for Humanity - its social enterprise known as the ReStore. The brick-and-mortar operations, like others in the country, clo...

FREDERICTON - The COVID-19 pandemic has put cross-border shopping trips and vacations on hold since March, and many American businesses along the border say they miss both the revenue and the familiar...