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Ontario ministry searches Volkswagen offices in emissions scandal investigation
The federal government should be moving ahead with action against Volkswagen in the wake of…
Provinces, territories push feds to loosen restrictions on infrastructure cash
OTTAWA – Provincial and territorial governments are asking the federal Liberals to loosen the strings…
Canadian aspirations for labour mobility hit U.S. wall in NAFTA talks
OTTAWA – Canada’s goal of increasing the flow of workers across the continent’s borders has…
AP Interview: Japan’s emoji creator saw nuance in pictures
TOKYO – The tiny smiley faces, hearts, knife-and-fork or clenched fist have become a global…
Toyota and Transition Energetique Quebec to look at hydrogen infrastructure
TORONTO – Toyota Canada and Transition Energetique Quebec are going to study the need for…
Conference Board expects 3.1 per cent growth this year, 2.0 per cent in 2018
OTTAWA – The Conference Board of Canada says it expects the economy to grow by…
National Bank of Canada says data exposed includes name, birthdate and phone number
National Bank of Canada says a website error may have exposed the personal information of…
Sobeys donate $6.5 million in bid to entice poor to college in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX – The scions of the Sobeys grocery empire are donating $6.5 million to a…
Mueller investigators seek documents from the White House
WASHINGTON – Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators is seeking information from the White…
WestJet breaks ground on hangar to accommodate new Dreamliner 787 widebody jet
CALGARY – WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX:WJA) is gearing up for delivery of its first Boeing…
Consumer agencies warn about flood-damaged cars from U.S. hitting Cdn market
TORONTO – Consumer protection agencies are warning those shopping for used cars to stay alert…
Markets Right Now: Stocks fall for the first time this week
NEW YORK – The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4 p.m.…
Up to 255 GM Canada workers to be laid off at St. Catharines, Ont. GM facility
TORONTO – Layoff notices have been handed out to 255 workers at the General Motors…
‘Small number’ of RBC credit card holders affected in Equifax breach, bank says
TORONTO – RBC says “a small number” of its credit-card clients’ personal information may have…
California hits Gatorade in court for “anti-water” videogame
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Gatorade has agreed not to make disparaging comments about water as part…
GOP health bill offers provisions aimed at helping 2 states
WASHINGTON – Provisions shoehorned into the Republican health care bill dangle extra money for Alaska…
China criticizes S&P credit rating cut as ‘wrong decision’
BEIJING – China’s Finance Ministry on Friday criticized the cut in the Standard & Poor’s…
How Ontario’s cap and trade system works: a few basic details
Ontario formally signed an agreement Friday to link its cap-and-trade system with Quebec and California’s…
Hannity boycott call fizzling, at least publicly
NEW YORK – More than a month after a liberal advocacy group publicly called on…
Miss Turkey dethroned over ‘unacceptable’ tweet on coup
ANKARA, Turkey – Organizers have stripped Miss Turkey 2017 of her crown over a social…
Markets Right Now: Stocks end mostly higher
NEW YORK – The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4 p.m.…
Calgary and Saint John mayors urge NEB to reverse Energy East pipeline ruling
CALGARY – Mayors from both ends of the proposed Energy East pipeline are calling for…
Alberta court ruling says pharmacist regulator can ban reward points for drugs
EDMONTON – A court ruling means Albertans will not be able to collect reward points…
Save NAFTA’s Chapter 19, says Mulroney: ‘We had quite a fight in 1987 to get it’
TORONTO – Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney says it’s worth saving a key NAFTA dispute-settlement…