Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Inflation slows sharply to 1.7 per cent in April as consumer carbon price ends
OTTAWA - The end of the consumer carbon price at the start of April drove inflation down sharply, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, but there were signs of pressure building at the grocery store. The an...
May 20, 2025 Statistics Canada data will show the impact of removing the consumer carbon price in April inflation data released Tuesday. A woman gasses up at a gas station in Mississauga, Ont., Tuesday, February 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Top finance officials from G7 countries gather in Banff for three-day summit
BANFF - High-ranking officials from the world's top economies are in Banff, Alta., this week for a three-day summit that will cover topics including the global economy, the war in Ukraine and artifici...
May 20, 2025
BC Hydro's challenge: Powering province through surging demand, drought and trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's power utility is facing transformational challenges of drought, rising costs and a trade war with the United States as it works to meet electricity demand that's surging...
May 20, 2025
New program aims to help businesses expand in Saskatoon and Regina
A new program designed to help spur growth for established businesses in Saskatchewan's two largest cities launched on May 14. The initiative, dubbed Upscale, was created by the Saskatoon Regional Eco...
May 17, 2025 The Upscale website says the program is designed for for-profit, privately held businesses operating in agriculture, mining, manufacturing, energy, technology or life sciences/biotechnology sectors. (Upscale website)
Separation referendum would be 'bad for the country': Calgary Chamber of Commerce
CALGARY - The head of a group representing Calgary's business community says a referendum on separation would inflict grave damage on the economies of Alberta and Canada - regardless of the result. "B...
May 16, 2025
University of Calgary launches initiative to study new relationship with the U.S.
CALGARY - Alberta is putting $6.5 million toward a new initiative at the University of Calgary to study how Canada's relationship with the United States is changing with U.S. President Trump in the Wh...
May 16, 2025
U.S. trade disruption is 'messy' but the turbulence will pass: Nikki Haley
OTTAWA - Canada and other countries should not give up on doing business with the United States, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley said Friday at the B7 summit conference in Ottawa. Haley, U....
May 16, 2025
Highlights of Ontario's 2025 budget: U.S. tariff measures, boost for alcohol market
TORONTO - The Ontario government tabled a budget Thursday that focused on investments it says will protect Ontario workers in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. The province is project...
May 15, 2025
DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl 'super laboratories' in Canada
WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration's latest threat assessment says fentanyl "super laboratories" in Canada are a growing source of concern - after U.S. President Donald Tru...
May 15, 2025
The government could function without a budget, but will need a spending bill
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday that when Parliament resumes, the government will put forward a middle-class tax cut, deliver a throne speech and release a fiscal p...
May 15, 2025
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