The Canadian Press

These are the three things you should expect in the federal Liberals’ upcoming budget

The federal Liberal government is expected to release its budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year on Tuesday: Here’s a look at three big things to

Ottawa craft breweries brace for Canada’s biggest alcohol tax jump in 40 years

Canada & World

Canada’s restaurant industry is bracing for the biggest jump in the country’s alcohol excise duty in more than 40 years, spurring warnings the tax hike

St. Lawrence Seaway shippers eye EV materials, but grain and ore remain the staples

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Shippers who ply the St. Lawrence Seaway view critical minerals for electric vehicle batteries as key to their future — but it could be a

BlackBerry strikes new deal to sell portfolio of non-core patents

Techopia

BlackBerry Ltd. has signed a deal to sell a portfolio of what it says are non-core patents related to mobile devices, messaging and wireless networking

Inflation in Canada continues to slow, reaffirming BOC’s rate pause

Canada & World

Statistics Canada said Tuesday its consumer price index in February was up 5.2 per cent compared with a year earlier.

Ontario court permits Nordstrom Canada to liquidate closing stores

Canada & World, Retail

Bargain hunters are one step closer to seeing sales at Nordstrom’s closing Canadian locations.

Cannabis ‘price war’ could cause ‘significant’ damage to industry: HEXO CEO

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Hexo Corp.’s chief executive says he’s seen a “price war” take shape over the last five months that could cause “significant” damage to Canada’s cannabis

Pornhub owner MindGeek purchased by Ottawa-based private equity firm

Ottawa, Sports and Entertainment

A new private equity firm based in Ottawa says it has acquired the company behind one of the world’s largest pornography site, Pornhub.

Businesses expect slower sales in short term as cost, labour issues persist: survey

Canada & World, Top Stories

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says businesses expect subdued sales in the short term as they face continued cost and labour pressures, despite slowing inflation.