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Canadian cities reveal how they feel about losing bid for Amazon HQ2
TORONTO – Amazon waded through 238 bids that included promises of hefty tax breaks and…
Maybe next time: Cities see failed Amazon bids as trial runs
DETROIT – For some of the 200-plus cities knocked out of the running for Amazon’s…
NAFTA: As big decisions approach, ministers to attend longer-than-expected round
WASHINGTON – The ministers leading the effort to forge a new North American Free Trade…
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales hit record high in November
OTTAWA – Canadian manufacturing sales hit a record high in November, driven by sales of…
Auto dealership jobs not on the radar of millennials, says survey
MONTREAL – Canadian automobile dealers are launching a national recruiting campaign next month after a…
Winter is here: “Game of Thrones” ice hotel opens in Finland
HELSINKI – A “Game of Thrones”-themed ice hotel complete with a bar and a chapel…
Shoppers Drug Mart optimistic on pharmacies selling pot, signs 3rd supply deal
TORONTO – Shoppers Drug Mart has lined up a third cannabis supply agreement as part…
Alberta Labour inspectors find no infractions at Lethbridge Burger King
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Alberta Labour says it found no violations at a Lethbridge Burger King…
EU trade preferable, poll suggests as Trudeau pushes U.S. ties in February visit
OTTAWA – With the North American Free Trade Agreement hanging in the balance, Prime Minister…
Liberals’ two-year infrastructure plan set to take five: documents
OTTAWA – Late last year, officials warned that a federal spending spree to repair crumbling…
TSX, Wall Street up amid oil price slump and U.S. government shutdown concerns
TORONTO – Falling oil prices and a possible U.S. government shutdown didn’t seem to phase…
B.C. premier tells truck loggers he wants to reconnect communities with forestry
VICTORIA – Premier John Horgan says the relationship between British Columbia and the forest industry…
Ontario technology hubs key for GM Canada’s plans for driverless cars: CEO
MARKHAM, Ont. – General Motors of Canada sees Ontario’s strength in advanced technologies as strategically…
Government triggers NAFTA Chapter 19 over punitive U.S. import duties
OTTAWA – The federal government has filed requests for panel reviews under NAFTA Chapter 19…
Tahoe Resources denies water contamination near its Peru gold mine
Vancouver-based Tahoe Resources Inc. says reports that heavy rains caused a leach pond at its…
Los Angeles Times loses publisher, gets union
Los Angeles Times Publisher and Chief Executive Ross Levinsohn was placed on an unpaid leave…
US government shuts down; Dems, GOP blame each other
WASHINGTON – The federal government shut down at the stroke of midnight Friday, halting all…
Security, reproductive rights, investment: how politics touched us this week
OTTAWA – Piercing the winter doldrums was the political goal of the week for all…
‘The Shape of Water’ wins top Producers Guild Award
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Women and inclusivity continued to dominate the awards season conversation Saturday…
HBC-owned Lord & Taylor to lay off 200 people in Pennsylvania in operations move
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Lord & Taylor has announced that it will be laying off about…
Justin Trudeau to push middle class interests as he heads to Davos
OTTAWA – After spending the past two weeks criss-crossing the country to speak with ordinary…
Shutdown extends into workweek, as Senate talks continue
WASHINGTON – The government shutdown is set to sow more disruption and political peril Monday…
Companies plan European network of car charging stations
FRANKFURT – Two companies plan a network of fast-charging stations for battery-powered cars in Europe…
Ontario minimum wage hike trickles up to higher earners, over to other provinces
Nick Cluley and his wife, who have always paid their Coffee Public employees more than…