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Alimentation Couche-Tard eyeing more acquisitions after blockbuster year
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is looking for new acquisitions following a blockbuster year that made it…
Cuba lifting freeze on new private tourism businesses
HAVANA – A 16-month freeze on new private restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts will end in December…
Pompeo accuses Iran of using embassies for terror plots
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused…
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock…
Energy stocks help Toronto market hit another high as oil prices inch up
Energy stocks helped lift Canada’s main stock index to another record close Tuesday as the…
‘Feel cut off:’ Loss of Greyhound bus service leaves few options in rural areas
Mohammed Idriss says the small city of Brooks in southern Alberta will get more isolated…
Bombardier exec apologizes to TTC over delivery of 89 faulty streetcars
TORONTO – The president of Bombardier Transportation made his first appearance at Toronto’s transit commission…
Bombardier’s C Series aircraft officially renamed A220 as it joins Airbus family
MONTREAL – Bombardier Inc.’s name will no longer appear on its C Series jet, which…
Oilsands execs see brighter future with approval of Line 3 pipeline project
CALGARY – Executives from the biggest oilsands companies in Canada say concerns about getting their…
No bias, but auditor’s report says B.C. government’s asset sales need work
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s auditor general found no evidence of bid-rigging in an audit of…
China vows retaliation for $200 billion US tariff threat
BEIJING – China’s government vowed Wednesday to take “firm and forceful measures” as the U.S.…
Facebook faces UK fine over its data privacy scandal
LONDON – Facebook is facing its first financial penalty for allowing the political consultancy Cambridge…
Coffee and conservation: Mozambique tries both on a mountain
MOUNT GORONGOSA, Mozambique – At Mozambique’s Mount Gorongosa — where farmers are being encouraged to…
US wholesale prices shoot up 3.4 per cent over past year
WASHINGTON – U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.3 per cent in June, a slight slowing from…
Tim Hortons signs franchise agreement with Cartesian Capital to expand to China
Tim Hortons plans to open more than 1,500 of its coffee-and-doughnut shops in China over…
Develop funding plan to help Greyhound, NDP leader Singh urges Trudeau
OTTAWA – Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the Liberal government to come…
Bank of Canada raises rate, predicts economic resilience despite trade risks
OTTAWA – Undaunted by expanding trade risks, the Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz raised…
Banks raise prime rate to 3.7 per cent following Bank of Canada rate hike
TORONTO – All of Canada’s Big Six banks say they will raise their prime lending…
Aritzia reports 15th consecutive quarter of comparable sales growth
VANCOUVER – Aritzia Inc. says it recorded its 15th consecutive quarter of comparable sales growth…
Canada, U.S. express concern at NATO over Russian pipeline into Germany
The Trudeau government and the Trump administration have found a rare patch of common ground…
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock…
Resource stocks weigh on Toronto market, loonie down despite rate hike
A rise in trade tensions after the U.S. released details of more planned tariffs against…
Godfrey: tough decisions ahead as Postmedia focuses on ‘areas where we can win’
TORONTO – Postmedia Network Canada Corp. must make tough decisions in markets where revenue from…
Hydro One board resigns, CEO retires as Ford makes good on campaign promise
TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford says he has made good on a key campaign promise,…