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British Columbia's softwood industry is facing an "existential threat" from increasing U.S. tariffs that needs to be treated with the same urgency by the federal government as threats to Canadian stee...

OTTAWA - Canada will not consider reopening trade talks with India until New Delhi allows the return of Canada's full cohort of diplomats, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday. "The appro...

TORONTO - If the new president of Microsoft Canada is concerned that a trade war with the United States will diminish his employer's stature north of the border, he's not showing it. Instead, Matt Mil...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says it's clear the U.S. will keep targeting certain sectors with tariffs even after the renegotiation of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade. Canada-U.S. Tra...

TORONTO - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it's paying $1.6 billion to boost its stake in a Spanish-based environmental services company. The pension fund manager says the investment will...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in September. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions,...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent in September. 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 September employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 7.1 per cent (7.1) Employment rate: 60.6 per cent (60.5) Participation ...

OTTAWA - The Canadian labour market showed an unexpected hiring surge in September, but economists are mixed on whether the strength is enough to deter the Bank of Canada from cutting its policy rate ...

OTTAWA - Ottawa's industrial strategy will leverage Canada's reputation for stability to attract more foreign investment, Industry Minister Mlanie Joly said Thursday in a speech at the Canadian Club T...