Tag Archives: Economy

OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $11.8 billion over seven months of its 2019-20 fiscal year compared with a deficit of $2.1 billion in the same period last year. The Finance Department...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is confident that Britain's exit from the European Union later today will be an orderly process with minimal disruption to Canadian trade and i...

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has kicked off debate on a bill to implement the new North American free trade deal by urging MPs to approve the proposed legislation quickly. The Unit...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is to sign a bill putting the new North American free-trade agreement into U.S. law today. The ceremony clears the way for the federal Liberal government to move fo...

This should be peak season for a 12-room hotel near the train station in the Chinese industrial hub of Wuhan. The Chinese New Year usually brings in plenty of travellers and delivers profits of around...

OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are hoping to use their newfound sway in a minority Parliament to force an audit of the Liberals' infrastructure program. The Tories have heavily criticized ...

EDMONTON - The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association is calling on the province to change legislation to allow local governments to collect property taxes from oil and gas properties when they...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is telling his caucus to play nice as Liberal MPs meet today before the House of Commons resumes sitting again next week. Trudeau says Canadians sent t...

OTTAWA - Canada's national annual inflation rate was 2.2 per cent in December, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctua...

OTTAWA - Canada's national annual inflation rate was 2.2 per cent in December, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labra...