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A look at how Trump might shake things up in Asia
BEIJING – Donald Trump has offered views on U.S. relations with Asia that could indicate…
Community of Merritt, B.C., rallies to find work for laid-off Tolko employees
MERRITT, B.C. – Another day-long jobs fair is being held in Merritt, B.C., as the…
Federal Crown vying to stop private prosecution in B.C. dam collapse case
VANCOUVER – The federal government is moving to stay an advocacy group’s private prosecution against…
Ivanka Trump lays groundwork for policy role in Washington
DES MOINES, Iowa – She may not be working in the White House, but that…
Home sales won’t be as big an economic boost this year, CREA says
TORONTO – Home sales, one of the pillars of the economy last year, are not…
RCMP say someone did $500K damage to a pipeline in northwestern Alberta
HYTHE, Alta. – Mounties are investigating after a pipeline in northwestern Alberta was vandalized, causing…
Corridor Resources secures new exploration licence for Old Harry prospect
HALIFAX – Corridor Resources Inc. has been granted more time to explore the Old Harry…
UK’s May signals EU clean break: no ‘half-in, half-out’
LONDON – Britain will make a clean break from the European Union and not seek…
Impish, boyish looks permeate Milan’s menswear runways
MILAN – Impish, boyish looks are permeating the Milan menswear runway this season, and the…
Hyundai highlights US spending plan before Trump inaugurated
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday it will significantly increase its…
Air Canada latest airline to suffer disruptions from computer glitch
MONTREAL – Air Canada saw its operations disrupted by a computer glitch Tuesday that resulted…
Dakota Access company seeks to block pipeline study
BISMARCK, N.D. – The company building the Dakota Access oil pipeline wants a federal judge…
Tiffany feels the Trump effect on 5th Avenue
NEW YORK – Security barricades, protesters and a perpetual media encampment in and around Trump…
New technologies expected to boost profits and limit emissions from the oilsands
CALGARY – A CIBC research report predicts that new technologies will greatly reduce the cost…
No comparison between rise of Trump and U.K. Brexit vote, says British envoy
OTTAWA – Britain’s envoy to Canada says it is lazy to equate the rise of…
Rolls Royce agrees to pay $808 million on bribery claims
LONDON – Jet engine maker Rolls Royce has agreed to pay 671 million pounds ($808…
Air Transat to test taxiing system that could save costs, bring down emissions
MONTREAL – Air Transat is planning to test and deploy a new system next year…
Sears partners with N.B. to open new business centre, improve customer service
TORONTO – The New Brunswick government is giving struggling retailer Sears Canada Inc. $3.5 million…
NewsAlert:Bank of Canada leaves key interest rate at 0.5%
OTTAWA – Bank of Canada leaves its key interest rate at 0.5 per cent, as…
US homebuilder confidence, sales outlook slip in January
U.S. homebuilders are feeling slightly less confident this month about their sales prospects, a pullback…
US consumer prices up moderate 0.3 per cent in December
WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer prices, driven up by rising energy costs, rose moderately in December,…
Almost $8.9B: Research outlines costs of last spring’s Fort McMurray wildfire
EDMONTON – An economics professor at MacEwan University in Edmonton is compiling numbers on the…
GM to pay $1M penalty for ignition switch accounting trouble
DETROIT – General Motors will pay the federal government a $1 million civil penalty for…
Federal Reserve sees growth pickup at end of last year
WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy grew a bit faster at the end of last year,…