Tag Archives: business

OTTAWA - It was supposed to do the heavy lifting for Canada's greenhouse gas emissions targets. And it was supposed to remain a major part of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's legacy, both at home and a...

OTTAWA - Several senior officials convened quietly in the Privy Council committee room on a Wednesday afternoon in August 1961 to discuss a troublesome issue. The group was considering a planned resea...

VANCOUVER - A settlement agreement announced last week between the owners of the Northern Pulp mill and the Nova Scotia government has been approved by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge. The agre...

HALIFAX - The federal Fisheries Department is investigating reports of gear tampering in lobster fishing areas in eastern Nova Scotia. The department issued a statement late Thursday saying Indigenous...

OTTAWA - The federal government ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with a deficit of $50.9 billion. The result for the April-to-March period compared with a deficit of $41.3 billion reported for the same s...

TORONTO - Stephen Poloz is concerned about investment levels in Canada's private sector, which he says has been dampened by higher government spending and volatility in U.S. trade relations. The previ...

ITUNA, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man who found a giant piece of space junk on his farm says he is not alone. Barry Sawchuk says five more fragments of debris from high in the sky have been found by his n...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government revealed Thursday that it plans to take Ottawa to court over the federal equalization program, saying it puts Canada's easternmost province ...

MONTREAL - A Quebec-based entertainment group says it has reached an agreement with Just for Laughs to acquire "select" assets from the financially troubled comedy company. The agreement with ComediHa...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government promised new money Wednesday to fight a spike in violence and retail theft that has seen workers in some cases assaulted and injured. The province will fund overtime...