Tag Archives: Economy

EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta's trade sanctions on the United States will stay in place until U.S. President Donald Trump drops the threat of tariffs. In a social media post Friday, S...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the province has no plan to follow Ontario and levy a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the United States. Eby says imposing such a fe...

WASHINGTON - Canadian and United States mayors from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence region are calling for economic stability and an end to the threat of across-the-board tariffs, saying that million...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is set to deliver its annual budget on March 20. Premier Wab Kinew has said the fiscal plan will take into account the economic impact of tariffs threatened or impos...

TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - Quebec cities that are particularly vulnerable to U.S. tariffs are struggling to keep up with the twists and turns of President Donald Trump's erratic trade policies. In Trois-Ri...

OTTAWA - The Canadian labour market felt a chill in February with employment "virtually unchanged" from the month before, Statistics Canada said Friday. The Canadian economy added just 1,100 jobs last...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in February. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in February. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador ...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's February employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.6 per cent (6.6) Employment rate: 61.1 per cent (61.1) Participation r...

The positive affect of Canada's Billie Jean King Cup win in 2023 can already be seen in tennis registration numbers across the country. Tennis Canada issued an impact report ahead of International Wom...