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Defiant rallies for worker rights mark May Day around world
ISTANBUL – Workers and activists marked May Day around the world Monday with defiant rallies…
B.C. Liberals say jobs the top election issue, while NDP pledges climate action
VANCOUVER – The New Democrats started the last full week of British Columbia’s election campaign…
Fox News co-president Bill Shine is out
NEW YORK – Fox News Channel said Monday that co-president Bill Shine is out, the…
Agrium narrowly misses expectations, swings to quarterly loss on lower prices
CALGARY – Higher energy costs and lower phosphate prices helped swing fertilizer giant Agrium Inc.…
Arrests made as thousands rally in US for and against Trump
SEATTLE – Tens of thousands across the country peacefully chanted, picketed and protested Monday against…
GM opens restored Flint factory that’s considered birthplace
FLINT, Mich. – General Motors has restored an old factory in Flint that’s considered to…
Greece agrees to new bailout terms – and more austerity
ATHENS, Greece – Greece struck a deal with rescue creditors Tuesday toward getting the bailout…
Hollywood writers, producers reach deal; strike averted
LOS ANGELES – A tentative deal was reached between screenwriters and producers Tuesday, averting a…
Regina steelmaking plant to supply 75% of Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion needs
CALGARY – Kinder Morgan says it plans to buy more than 75 per cent of…
CBS kept ratings winning ways last week, while Fox faltered
NEW YORK – It was another winning week for CBS, another week of struggle for…
Vancouver home sales slide nearly 26% last month, condo and townhouse demand rise
VANCOUVER – The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says the number of home sales…
New marijuana production plant hiring 40 to 50 workers in Yorkton, Saskatchewan
YORKTON, Sask. – A new marijuana production facility in eastern Saskatchewan is looking for workers.…
Encana would still invest in Canada and U.S. if border tax implemented, CEO says
CALGARY – The head of Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) says the company will continue to invest…
Met Gala: Inside, it’s hard not to step on someone’s dress
NEW YORK – A thunderous drumbeat echoed through the cocktail reception at the Met Gala.…
WestJet orders longer-range Boeings as part of wider expansion plans
CALGARY – WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX:WJA) has set out a plan to expand both internationally…
Valeant shareholders vent frustrations at drugmaker’s annual meeting
LAVAL, Que. – Shareholders in Valeant Pharmaceuticals used the company’s annual general meeting Tuesday as…
HBC says its CFO will be stepping down to return to his family in Canada
TORONTO – Hudson’s Bay Company (TSX:HBC) says chief financial officer Paul Beesley is stepping down…
Lawmakers to airlines: Improve service or Congress steps in
WASHINGTON – The chief executive of United Airlines apologized Tuesday on Capitol Hill for an…
Home Capital delaying the release of its first-quarter earnings
TORONTO – Canadian alternative mortgage lender Home Capital Group Inc. says it is delaying the…
In Colorado, pot tourism a lucrative business the state can’t promote
DENVER – Inside a neon-lit party bus bumping along a pothole-riddled Denver street, Andre Henriquez…
Rapidly aging suburbs pose a challenge to residents, urban planners alike
TORONTO – Superheated housing market notwithstanding, 81-year-old Ashley Anthony says he has no plans to…
StatCan says rapidly aging population still yields ‘demographic dividends’
OTTAWA – After nearly four decades in the workforce, 64-year-old Louise Plouffe is looking ahead…
Survey: US businesses added solid 177,000 jobs in April
WASHINGTON – U.S. businesses added 177,000 jobs last month, a private survey found, a solid…
With book, Ivanka Trump must walk complicated ethical line
WASHINGTON – With the publication of her new self-help book, Ivanka Trump must navigate complicated…