
Update: Fire crews subdue four-alarm blaze at restaurant in Ottawa’s ByWard Market
After a long day and plenty of water, fire crews were able to contain a four-alarm blaze at a restaurant in the ByWard Market on Friday. The fire

Update: Fire crews subdue four-alarm blaze at restaurant in Ottawa’s ByWard Market
After a long day and plenty of water, fire crews were able to contain a four-alarm blaze at a restaurant in the ByWard Market on Friday. The fire

Canopy Growth to become first pot stock to join S&P/TSX 60 index
Canopy Growth Corp. will soon join the S&P/TSX 60, making the Smiths Falls-based licensed pot producer the first cannabis company to be added to the

Growing digital revenues not enough to offset Q2 losses at Postmedia
Postmedia Network Canada Corp. lost nearly $5.1 million in its second quarter as revenue dropped 7.5 per cent compared with last year as a result

Keeping Canada’s power on will require 20,000 new workers by 2022: report
Canada’s electricity providers say they need to appeal to a younger and more diverse workforce if they’re going to keep the country’s lights on. A

Ontario Tories to unveil first budget since winning majority government
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is set to table its first budget Thursday afternoon. Premier Doug Ford has said the fiscal plan will lay out what

University of Ottawa Heart Institute founder Wilbert Keon dies at 83
A world-renowned Canadian pioneer of heart surgery and an institution in the Ottawa healthcare community has died. Dr. Wilbert Keon founded the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and

Ontario realtors advise government to end so called ‘bully’ offers
Ontario’s realtors say the province should ban so-called “bully” offers that they say give some home buyers an unfair advantage. Ontario Real Estate Association President

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week
Housing starts CMHC releases its latest read on the Canadian housing market on Monday when it publishes its preliminary data on housing starts for March.

Bank CEOs expecting muted economic growth, subdued spring housing market
The chief executives of Canada’s biggest banks say they expect muted economic growth, a slower spring housing market and have concerns about the country’s future

CMHC looks to raise extra money for housing outside of billions from government
The chief executive of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says his agency wants to raise hundreds of millions more dollars to help Canadians afford
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