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US jobless claims fall to 406,000, a new pandemic low
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to 406,000, a new pandemic low and more evidence that the job market is strengthening as the virus wanes and e...
May 27, 2021
Montreal patios are reopening but bar and restaurant owners say they lack staff
MONTREAL - Karoline Gagnon worked as a bartender or bar manager for 25 years in Montreal and while she says she had often considered changing careers, the money and the freedom that lifestyle offered ...
May 27, 2021
U.S. amping up dispute with Canada over allowed exports of American dairy products
WASHINGTON - The United States is ramping up its dispute with Canada over the sale of American dairy products north of the border - the first significant new trade squabble between the two countries o...
May 25, 2021
US jobless claims fall again as some states end federal aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to 444,000, a new pandemic low and a sign that the job market keeps strengthening as consumers spend freely again, vir...
May 20, 2021
Talks between Enbridge, Michigan to continue over Line 5 standoff, mediator says
WASHINGTON - The mediator in the dispute between Enbridge Inc. and the state of Michigan over the controversial Line 5 pipeline says the two sides plan to keep talking. Retired U.S. district court jud...
May 19, 2021
Canada has key role to play in U.S. economic recovery, Ng tells free-trade meeting
WASHINGTON - Canada needs to be a central player in American efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Mary Ng said Tuesday as North America's trade emissaries sat down to work out the fine point...
May 18, 2021
Canada, U.S., Mexico to talk trade at first USMCA Free Trade Commission meeting
WASHINGTON - Senior officials from Canada, the United States and Mexico will meet virtually next week for the first Free Trade Commission meeting of the USMCA era. International Trade Minister Mary Ng...
May 14, 2021
Business, labour groups clash at Senate committee over $15 federal minimum wage
OTTAWA - The head of the country's largest private-sector union says Parliament should raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, and possibly put future increases into the hands of an independen...
May 14, 2021
US jobless claims sink to 473K as more GOP governors bar aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 473,000, a new pandemic low and the latest evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs as consumers ramp up...
May 13, 2021
Business leaders in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin urge court to keep Line 5 operating
WASHINGTON - Political "brinksmanship" in Michigan risks allowing Enbridge Inc. to abandon plans for a $500-million tunnel that would protect an ecologically sensitive Great Lakes waterway from the co...
May 12, 2021
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