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OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't saying when his government will provide a budget or fiscal update, citing economic uncertainty around COVID-19. The government's first budget since th...

LONDON - The sound of crisply struck golf balls could be heard in England for the first time in nearly two months as courses reopened Wednesday, part of a modest easing of coronavirus lockdown restric...

WASHINGTON - Wholesale prices slid a record 1.3% in April led by a 19% plunge in the cost of energy, further signalling the potential threat of deflation in the United States. The Labor Department sai...

NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Tuesday that the government will spend more than $260 billion, the equivalent of nearly 10% of the country's GDP, on a coronavirus economic re...

VICTORIA - The recipe for a successful restaurant recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic could involve adding outdoor patios, parking lots, sidewalks and even streets to allow for physical distanc...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will provide loans and financing to the country's largest employers to help them weather the COVID-19 economic crisis. The Liberals are promising bridge financi...

OTTAWA - The country's largest employers will soon be able to land federal financing to help weather the COVID-19 economic crisis, but are being warned they'll need to open themselves to financia...

With job numbers continuing to drop in Saskatchewan, the provincial government is extending its aid package to small- and medium-sized businesses. The government announced Friday it was extending the ...

OTTAWA - The federal government will extend its emergency wage-subsidy program beyond its early-June endpoint as new job figures showed historic losses since COVID-19 forced an economic...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer borrowing fell in March for the first time in more than eight years, with the category covering credit cards dropping by the largest amount in over three decades, the Federa...