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WHY IT MATTERS: Minimum wage
WASHINGTON – THE ISSUE: Modest income growth for most Americans, strikes by fast-food workers, and…
Disney pulls boy’s costume critics lambasted as ‘Polyface’
HONOLULU – Disney said Wednesday it would no longer sell a boy’s costume for a…
Western Feedlots winding down cattle operations, cite Alberta’s politics, economy
HIGH RIVER, Alta. – One of Canada’s largest cattle feeder operations says it’s winding down…
Shell weighs options of two kilometres of dropped pipe near abandoned wellhead
HALIFAX – Shell Canada may have abandoned the first of its deepwater wells off Nova…
US average 30-year mortgage rate declines to 3.48 per cent
WASHINGTON – Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged lower this week. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said…
Statcan sets plan to keep consumer price index from slipping into irrelevancy
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada officials were warned late last year that one of the country’s…
Nestle outbids small Ontario municipality to buy well for bottled water
TORONTO – A small but fast growing Ontario community looking for a safe drinking water…
Ontario government handed out $907 million in corporate grants since 2013
TORONTO – Ontario’s Liberal government has handed out over $907 million in corporate grants since…
Quebec taxi industry’s injunction request against Uber put off until Monday
MONTREAL – A new injunction being sought by the taxi industry in Quebec against ride-hailing…
Resolute Forest Products signs deal for Tembec mill in Senneterre, Que.
MONTREAL – Resolute Forest Products Inc. (TSX:RFP) has signed a deal to buy Tembec Inc.’s…
Need a safe place to meet a Kijiji seller? Suggest your local police station
TORONTO – About a year ago, police in Kingston, Ont., quietly began offering a space…
SNC-Lavalin signs agreement-in-principle to build nuclear reactors in China
MONTREAL – SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) has signed an agreement-in-principle for a new joint venture that would…
Satellite technology beams expertise to remote Alaska clinic
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The only clinic in one of the nation’s busiest commercial fishing ports…
Figures show B.C. foreign buyers tax set off completion frenzy before deadline
VICTORIA – Property purchase figures released Thursday by British Columbia’s government reveals a stampede of…
Federal Court upholds 2014 ruling that CN failed to provide enough grain cars
EDMONTON – The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that found Canadian National…
The relationship between Canada and China, by the numbers
OTTAWA – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday their two…
Examples of sizable federal fall fiscal and economic updates of the past
OTTAWA – The federal government’s fall economic and fiscal updates typically contain little more than…
Big email hack doesn’t exactly send the message Yahoo needed
SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo has been struggling for years to keep people coming back to…
QuickList: August inflation rate for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA – Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.1 per cent in August, Statistics Canada…
U.S. and Canadian aboriginal groups sign treaty to oppose oilsands development
MONTREAL – Canadian First Nations and U.S. tribal communities are stepping up their fight against…
NEB says stalled review of Energy East Pipeline has cost $685,000
CALGARY – The National Energy Board says its review of the Energy East Pipeline cost…
Dalian Wanda, Sony to partner on multiple big-budget movies
BEIJING – China’s Dalian Wanda Group and Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group have formed…
Air Canada launching daily flights to Shanghai from Montreal next February
MONTREAL – Air Canada is launching daily service to Shanghai from Montreal in February, giving…
OSFI changing rules for mortgage insurers and update capital requirements
OTTAWA – Canada’s federal financial regulator is proposing new rules for mortgage insurance companies to…