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Caesars workers in Las Vegas approve new contract deal
LAS VEGAS – Housekeepers, bartenders and other unionized workers at Las Vegas casino-resorts operated by…
Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 1.3% in April to $56.2 billion
OTTAWA – Canadian manufacturing sales unexpectedly fell in April as sales in the petroleum and…
Bill to make La Presse a not-for-profit passes after Quebec invoked closure
QUEBEC – The Quebec government has rammed through legislation aimed at allowing Montreal-based La Presse…
CREA cuts home sales forecast, May sales down 16.2% compared with year ago
The Canadian Real Estate Association is now expecting an even bigger decline in home sales…
Owners of the rail line to Churchill had duty to fix it: regulators
WINNIPEG – Federal regulators have ruled that the owners of a broken rail line to…
Cheng to pay $400,000 under OSC settlement in Amaya insider tipping case
TORONTO – A former money manager involved in insider tipping of information about Amaya Gaming…
Statistics Canada to launch survey to collect data about digital economy
TORONTO – Statistics Canada has started mailing out 12,000 survey invitations to households to ask…
Canada Goose shares up after better-than-expected results, plans for new stores
TORONTO – Shares of Canada Goose Holdings Inc. rose more than 30 per cent on…
Salmon farm protester yells at B.C. premier to protect wild stocks
VICTORIA – A heckler interrupted Premier John Horgan’s news conference on protecting British Columbia’s wild…
Ontario will scrap cap and trade, challenge Ottawa’s carbon tax: Doug Ford
TORONTO – Doug Ford said Friday he will scrap Ontario’s cap-and-trade system and fight a…
B.C. lawyer awarded $1 in suit against client who posted negative online review
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia lawyer has been awarded $1 in damages after suing a…
California moves to clear coffee of cancer-risk stigma
LOS ANGELES – California officials, having concluded coffee drinking is not a risky pastime, are…
UK PM vows big funding increase for National Health Service
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced a significant funding increase for the…
Get ready for the ‘internet of cows’: Farmers use technology to shake up agriculture
MONTREAL – Get ready for the “internet of cows.” Generations of farmers have relied on…
Auto parts firm Magna plans electric vehicle joint ventures with Chinese company
AURORA, Ont. – Magna International Inc. says it will form two new joint ventures with…
EU extends restrictions on business in Crimean Peninsula
BRUSSELS – The European Union said Monday it has extended restrictions on doing business with…
Ethics watchdog says Bill Morneau didn’t break law with pension bill
OTTAWA – The federal ethics watchdog has closed the last in a series of probes…
Auto tariffs would have long-term chill on economic output says TD report
TORONTO – A new analysis by TD Economics says that if the United States goes…
South Korea joins Japan in halting Canadian wheat imports after GMO plants found
CALGARY – South Korea has joined Japan in suspending trade in Canadian wheat following the…
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock…
Baytex Energy and Raging River Exploration sign merger deal
TORONTO – Shares of Baytex Energy Corp. and Raging River Exploration Inc. dropped after the…
Private jet once owned by Elvis Presley for sale – again
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A private jet once owned by Elvis Presley that has sat on…
Judge orders restrictions for ‘Diesel Brothers’ stars
WOODS CROSS, Utah – Stars of the Discovery Channel show “Diesel Brothers” have been ordered…
US housing starts jumped 5 pct. in May off Midwest building
WASHINGTON – A surge of construction in the Midwest drove U.S. housing starts up 5…