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Canada Post union to lift overtime ban, stop delivering flyers
The union representing Canadian postal workers is moving to end a ban on overtime work and will instead have members stop delivering commercial flyers as it seeks to get Canada Post back to the bargai...
Sep 12, 2025
Quebec minister asks Walmart, Amazon to stop selling pro-Hells Angels merchandise
MONTREAL - Amazon says it will remove products from its store that appear to promote the Hells Angels outlaw biker gang. The announcement comes after the Journal de Montral first reported that shirts ...
Sep 05, 2025 A member of the Hells Angels arrives for a national gathering in St-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Que., on Aug. 10, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban
EDMONTON - An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn't appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores. Kelly Dyer with Audreys Boo...
Sep 04, 2025
Tariffs: Quebec will donate rather than destroy expiring U.S. alcohol, minister says
MONTREAL - Quebec's finance minister says $300,000 of expiring American alcohol that is banned from the province's shelves will be donated rather than destroyed. Eric Girard's comments come after the ...
Aug 22, 2025
Hilary Weston, fashion mogul and former Ontario lieutenant-governor, dead at 83
Hilary Weston, an Irish-Canadian fashion mogul and former lieutenant-governor of Ontario who devoted time to issues tied to women, volunteerism and youth, has died at 83. In a statement Sunday, her fa...
Aug 03, 2025
Statistics Canada reports May retail sales down 1.1 per cent at $69.2 billion
Statistics Canada says retail sales decreased 1.1 per cent to $69.2 billion in May, driven by sales declines at motor vehicle and parts dealers. However, the agency said its preliminary figures for Ju...
Jul 24, 2025
Competition Bureau gets court order in Amazon probe into pricing policy
GATINEAU - The Competition Bureau says it has obtained a court order as part of its probe into Amazon's conduct related to its online Canadian marketplace. The regulator is investigating Amazon's fair...
Jul 08, 2025 Signage at an Amazon fulfilment centre is pictured in Ottawa on Monday, July 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Statistics Canada says merchandise trade deficit $5.9 billion in May
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $5.9 billion in May as gold exports climbed higher. The result compares with the record trade deficit of $7.6 billio...
Jul 03, 2025 Trucks cross between the United States and Ontario, Canada across the Ambassador Bridge, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Interest in 'elbows up' merchandise waning ahead of Canada Day
When Rachael Coe decided to launch an "elbows up" merchandise line at her store in Yarmouth, N.S., in March, she said it was an immediate bestseller. Within a week, Coe said her Timeless Memories shop...
Jul 01, 2025 Stephanie Tomlin stands for a portrait in her workspace where she prints Canadian-themed apparel, in Toronto, Friday, June 20, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston)
U.S. and Canada restart trade talks after conflict over digital services tax
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday his move to drop Canada's digital services tax is part of the broader trade negotiation with the United States, even as the White House said Carney "cav...
Jun 30, 2025
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8:30 - The Alberta Independence Movement claims to have over 300,000 signatures to trigger a referendum. But what would ...
