Tag Archives: Economy

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is hiking capital spending and introducing new tax rules in a deficit budget aimed at safeguarding the province from tariffs imposed by United States President Donal...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's critics have been asking pointed questions lately about the assets in the former central banker's blind trust - a tool meant to allow politicians to avoid conflic...

VANCOUVER - The federal government says it's pumping nearly $100 million into two B.C. firms to support the construction of a hydrogen fuel facility and two "cutting-edge biomanufacturing facilities" ...

WINNIPEG - A First Nations-led project to redevelop the historic Hudson's Bay Co. building in downtown Winnipeg to advance reconciliation has doubled in cost nearly three years after it started. The S...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government signalled Wednesday that its new budget will include supports for people affected by tariffs imposed by the United States and new spending to create jobs. Finance Mi...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Party government tabled its 2025-26 budget on Wednesday. Here are some highlights: - $12-million surplus predicted on total spending of $21 billion. - taxpayer-supported debt...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Liberal government wants to make it easier to move alcohol across provincial boundaries. The province on Wednesday introduced amendments to the Liquor Control Act that wo...

RICHMOND, B.C. - The federal government is providing about $20 million in funding to support British Columbia's forestry sector, part of Ottawa's effort to bolster the economy amid the Canada-U. S. tr...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford named a new cabinet Wednesday with many familiar faces to tackle the challenges that a trade war with the United States will bring, though he did shuffle his housin...

CALGARY - Canola farmers on the Prairies are bracing for impact as China prepares to impose hefty tariffs on the industry. China is expected to enact a 100 per cent levy on Canadian canola oil and mea...