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Better data, management of water needed for Canada’s agri-food sector: report
OTTAWA – The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute is recommending that governments across the country develop…
Oaktree Capital Management investing $150 million Aecon Utilities
TORONTO – Aecon Group Inc. has signed a deal that will see Oaktree Capital Management…
Tech group calls on feds to take action on boosting semiconductor industry
A group of technology organizations is calling on the federal government to bolster Canada’s semiconductor…
First Quantum says Cobre Panamá deal with government in Panama now law
TORONTO – First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says the bill enacting its mining concession contract for…
Stock market today: Wall Street drifts lower as pressure rises from the bond market
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting lower in early trading as pressure from…
Refinance or renew? How to choose when mortgage renewal creates sticker shock
MONTREAL – Many Canadian homeowners are facing sticker shock with their monthly payments as their…
Business groups call on Ottawa to intervene as St. Lawrence Seaway strike begins
MONTREAL – Business groups urged the federal government to intervene to void a lengthy labour…
BoC expected to hold key interest rate steady at 5% amid ‘sluggish’ economy
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is widely expected to hold its key interest rate…
EVs are getting easier to find — but with price tags out of reach for many Canadians
TORONTO – Canada’s electric vehicle market keeps getting bigger, but that’s not necessarily good news…
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO – Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming…
CBC mainly remains off X, citing low traffic six months after scaling back presence
OTTAWA – Six months after the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Radio-Canada scaled back its use…
How an award-winning Halifax professor nurtured a network of battery entrepreneurs
HALIFAX – They call themselves the “Dahn lab” graduates, and they’re powering an unlikely, Halifax-based…
St. Lawrence Seaway shut down as workers go on strike
MONTREAL – The St. Lawrence Seaway has shut down as hundreds of workers walked off…
As strike deadline looms, St. Lawrence Seaway authority says little progress in talks
MONTREAL – The organization employing workers at the St. Lawrence Seaway says there has been…
Head of auto workers union says strikes will continue in drive to gain better offers from companies
DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Friday that while Detroit’s automakers…
Regulator provides its reasons for Trans Mountain route change ruling
CALGARY – The Canada Energy Regulator has released its reasons behind its decision last month…
Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain must be ‘material’, prospective bidder says
CALGARY – As the federal government begins its efforts to sell the Trans Mountain pipeline,…
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:…
Bond yields, uncertainty send markets lower Friday on both sides of the border
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index was down more than one per cent Friday with…
Stock market today: Wall Street closes out its worst week in a month with more losses
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out its worst week in a month with…
Poilievre calls on Ottawa to block RBC’s $13.5B takeover of HSBC Canada
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for the federal government to block Royal Bank of…
Alberta livestock producers affected by drought to receive aid to offset costs
CALGARY – The governments of Alberta and Canada are to provide $165 million to support…
CRTC might ease Corus’ Canadian content spending requirements after profit plunge
Canada’s telecommunications regulator is looking to ease some Canadian content spending requirements for Corus Entertainment…
Timing, patience key to nabbing affordable concert, sports resale tickets: fans
TORONTO – When Jagger Long heads to the Rogers Centre to watch a Toronto Blue…