Inflation and interest rates will be among the figures to watch this coming week in Canadian business

The company says work to scale up to commercial production is not complete and it is delaying the launch date while it completes the final steps

Air Canada unveiled Wednesday its first Airbus A220 jetliner, one of an eventual 45 it aims to let loose on the North American market

Business confidence in Canada has edged higher as global trade tensions have eased, but the Prairies, hard hit by a drop in energy prices, continue to remain a weak spot

Postmedia Network Canada Corp. had a $3-million loss in its first quarter as overall revenue declined 8.5 per cent from a year earlier due to lower print advertising and circulation revenue

Canada's top bank economists predict the country will see a few bright spots in 2020, even as the globe grapples with uncertainty in the Middle East and China

Canadian bank executives are sharing their 2020 priorities today after a year that saw them grapple with layoffs, an increase in insolvencies and talk of an impending recession

Housing starts and unemployment figures are among the stories to watch this week in Canadian business

The Winchester Press thanked its readers, which it estimated at roughly 4,400, for their support over the paper's long stretch in business

A travel data provider ranks WestJet Airlines Ltd. as the most punctual airline in Canada

Political drumbeats are growing louder as the federal Liberals come closer to deciding whether to let a Chinese telecom firm help build Canada's next-generation mobile networks

Deal to acquire MDA's Canadian and U.K. operations includes Kanata-based robotic vision company Neptec

Stock price hits 26-month low.

Federally backed public opinion polling has revealed a linguistic divide in the national capital over its much-maligned light-rail transit system

The federal government has signed the first of what it hopes will be 13 funding agreements for a new rent supplement for low-income households

Smart was head coach of the Ravens from 1999-2000 to 2018-19, presiding over the most dominant stretch by a team in U Sports basketball history

A division of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. will plead guilty to a charge of fraud and pay a $280-million penalty related to work the company did in Libya

Ottawa’s annual rate of inflation ballooned to 2.5 per cent in November – the largest increase so far this year – according to data released Wednesday from Statistics Canada.

Boeing Co.'s suspension of the 737 Max production line will mean further headaches for Canadian airlines, which were counting on the grounded jetliner to carry more passengers and boost profit margins

Gatineau pot firm Hexo Corp. says it lost $62.4 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $12.8 million in the same quarter last year

Cineplex Inc. has agreed to a friendly takeover that values the operator of Canada's largest chain of movie theatres at $2.8 billion

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued marching orders to his cabinet on Friday, with Ottawa's Catherine McKenna getting a note on LRT funding in her letter

Andrew Scheer says he is stepping down as Conservative leader as soon as a successor can be chosen

Ottawa Fury FC, which suspended operations last month, has sold its USL Championship franchise rights to Miami FC.

The federal government plans to move quickly to approve the updated North American free-trade deal and is sifting the parliamentary calendar to find the right date, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says

HBC shareholders are set to vote on a privatization bid next week.

Earnings from the parent company of Sobeys and Farm Boy are among the business stories to watch this week

Canopy Growth Corp.'s appointment of a veteran Constellation Brands executive as its new chief executive gave the cannabis producer's shares a lift on Monday

Canopy Growth Corp. says its new generation of cannabis-infused food and beverage products won't be on store shelves until January in most markets

Ontario's government and consumer services minister says she asked the CEO of the corporation that enforces warranties on new homes to step down

Deputy Governor Timothy Lane will discuss the bank’s interest rate decision at Thursday morning’s Local Breakfast Series, hosted by the Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Board of Trade

"It sounds a bit old-fashioned."

Jobs numbers, bank earnings and a speech by the deputy governor of the Bank of Canada at our own Local Breakfast Series are some of the big stories to watch this coming week

Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna says her top priority as the country's new infrastructure minister is to get projects built quickly

Canada's largest grocery chain said the marketplace includes more products, as well as a broader range of vendors than what was available before

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled Wednesday a larger cabinet with local ministers taking a bigger role on infrastructure and finances in the Liberals’ minority government

Ottawa’s annual rate of inflation rose slightly above the national average in October, up two per cent over last year’s figures

The global economic picture has worsened, increasing risks to global growth and chances of financial stress that could spill over into Canada, the senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada said…

Hexo Corp. says it is in the process of destroying cannabis that was grown without a licence at a facility it acquired in Niagara, that was part of its purchase of Newstrike Brand Ltd.

Canada's largest telecommunications companies formally asked the federal cabinet on Wednesday to overturn a regulatory decision that slashes what they can charge their smaller competitors for access…

The Ontario government's inability to develop sufficient retail capacity for cannabis products is forcing Canopy to revise its fourth-quarter guidance as Canada's market 'is simply not living up to…

The number of consumer insolvencies (bankruptcies and proposals) increased to 8.5% compared with the same period a year earlier, while business insolvencies grew by 4.1%

The latest earnings from Loblaw Companies and other major Canadian brands are due out this coming week

The Ontario Liberals have nominated Stephen Blais as their candidate for an upcoming byelection in the riding of Orléans

The Ottawa Fury are suspending operations, taking professional soccer out of the nation's capital

Canopy Growth Corp. founder Bruce Linton has been named executive chairman of U.S. cannabis company Vireo Health International Inc

CMHC says cities including Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, Moncton, Halifax and St. John's show a low degree of vulnerability

Canopy Growth Corp. is teaming up with Drake to launch More Life Growth Co., a licensed cannabis producer based in Toronto

The companies say 2Keys and its approximately 100 employees will join the company, adding its digital identification technology

Palma was responsible for the company's core product and services, including connected cars, smart speakers and data flows, that formed the foundation of its internet of things strategy

Decades of under-investment made dedicated rental buildings an afterthought for many, but the industry has been quietly gathering momentum and attracting deep-pocketed investors

The latest employment numbers from Statistics Canada are due out this coming week

The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate on hold Wednesday to position the country as an exception among advanced economies that have already started responding to a fading global economy.

Big business is adding its voice to a broader call for economy-lifting changes in Canada following an election campaign widely criticized for its dearth of deep policy discussion

Shares of Hexo Corp. fell after the cannabis company posted a larger-than-expected fourth-quarter adjusted loss and an inventory writedown

The Bank of Canada's next interest rate announcement and earnings from a slew of Canadian companies are on the docket this week

Postmedia Network Canada Corp. says it earned $7.9 million in its fourth quarter, helped by lower expenses compared with a year ago

Gatineau-based pot firm Hexo is reducing its workforce by 200 jobs to adjust for expected future revenues and "ensure the long-term viability" of the firm, its chief executive said

Cannabis company Hexo says it is postponing its Q4 earnings release as it announces a $70M private placement of convertible debentures led by a group of investors, including its chief executive

A new survey by the Bank of Canada suggests that business sentiment has edged higher but there are more pronounced differences between the Prairies, hard hit by the turmoil in the energy sector, and…

Premier Doug Ford has changed the responsibilities of three of his cabinet ministers, including Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod, ahead of the resumption of the legislature next week

The bohemian Toronto neighbourhood of Kensington Market has long been a hotspot for weed culture and home to pot lounge Hotbox Cafe, and yet – one year after the legalization of recreatio

Ottawa’s annual rate of inflation held at 2.1 per cent for the second month in a row, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday, mirroring a steady trend across the rest of the country

Hexo is moving to undercut prices in the illicit market with a new 28-gram product that costs consumers as much as one dollar less per gram than at the average illegal dispensary

Last week's commuter chaos dominated water cooler discussions, but experts say commuters should not to throw the train under the bus

The latest inflation figures from Statistics Canada are due out later this week

The chief financial officer of Canopy Growth Corp.'s largest shareholder has been appointed chair of the cannabis company's board of directors amid an ongoing shakeup in its executive ranks

Cannabis company Hexo Corp. says its fourth-quarter net revenue will fall below its expectations by roughly 40 per cent

Housing starts data and the latest employment figures are due out this coming week in Canadian business

Gatineau cannabis company Hexo Corp. says its chief financial officer has resigned, effective immediately, after taking on the role in May

Chief executive Bill Newlands' positive tone is a change from comments on Canopy made during its previous quarter, before co-CEO Bruce Linton was ousted from the firm

Smiths Falls-based Canopy Growth Corp. has bought a majority stake in BioSteel Sports Nutrition Inc., a maker of sports nutrition products

The retailer operates 44 stores in Canada, including two in Ottawa at the Rideau and Bayshore shopping centres

Over the past three years Canopy's shares have appreciated by 1,823 per cent as of June 30, more than double fellow Ottawa-area firm Shopify Inc. at 883 per cent

A pilot project that will see a slight bump in speed limits on part of Highway 417 and some of Ontario's other major arteries goes into effect Thursday morning

A CBD line of products Martha Stewart is developing with Canopy Growth will likely hit the market in the middle of next year, said the American food and lifestyle guru

BlackBerry Ltd. stock took a dive Tuesday after the company's second-quarter revenue fell short of analyst estimates as it experienced difficulties in a legacy unit that sells software and services…

Earnings from Waterloo tech giant BlackBerry are among the stories to watch this week in Canadian business

Ontario's provincial Liberals have lost another legislator after one of their members won the nomination to run for an Ottawa seat in next month's federal election

U.S. President Donald Trump's push to withdraw from an international postal treaty could have a big impact on Canadian e-commerce companies that ship small goods from China to the U.S.

Apparently, Beyond Meat burgers don't go that well with Tim Hortons coffee

The annual rate of inflation in the nation’s capital held steady in August as the rest of the country saw the pace of price hikes slow

The list of candidates includes executives who come a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, consumer-packaged goods, beverage and alcohol

The growing wage gap between immigrants and Canadian-born workers is costing the country $50 billion each year, according to a new report from RBC Economics

Shopify Inc. says its e-commerce and retail platform has been given new features to help U.S. merchants sell hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol products where permitted by law

Canopy Growth Corp.'s co-founder and recently ousted co-chief executive says his eye is on a new frontier for medicine beyond cannabis: psychedelics

An update to the LeBreton Flats development process and Canopy Growth's annual general meeting are on tap this week

Ontario Cannabis Retail Corp. lost $42 million in the latest fiscal year, according to newly released public documents

Empire Co. Ltd. says it has largely completed major structural changes as part of a turnaround plan but it is already looking to the next phase for the company

The latest housing starts figures and earnings from retailers Roots and Hudson's Bay Co. are due out this week

Ottawa's final Zellers retail outlet, alongside the other remaining holdout in Toronto, will close early next year, owner Hudson's Bay Co. announced Friday.

WestJet Airlines Ltd. is removing its grounded Boeing 737 Max jets from its schedule until at least Jan. 5, affecting thousands of passengers with travel plans during the busy winter holiday season

Mark Zekulin says the company is shifting from “building” mode and hefty investments in infrastructure and expansion to “operating” mode

The Bank of Canada is holding steady on interest rates as it gauges the extent of the damage that deepening trade conflicts have had on the domestic and global economies

Canada's biggest airline argues the $3.5-billion takeover would breach federal rules that limit foreign ownership of carriers

Quebec taxi drivers are set to launch a rotating strike on Tuesday to express their dissatisfaction with the government's moves to overhaul the industry

Canada's telecom watchdog has launched a review of new cellphone financing plans to ensure they comply with an industry code of conduct

Air Canada says the Superior Court of Quebec has granted a final order approving the takeover following approval by shareholders last week

Hudson's Bay Co. announced a deal Wednesday to sell its Lord and Taylor banner to Le Tote, a clothing subscription and rental business.

Canopy Rivers Inc., the venture capital arm of Smiths Falls-based Canopy Growth Corp., reported a net loss of nearly $3 million in its latest quarter

Earnings from some of Canada's biggest banks are due out this coming week

The fate of Air Canada's $720-million takeover bid for Transat A.T. Inc. rests with regulators after shareholders overwhelmingly approved the acquisition offer Friday

Ottawa’s annual rate of inflation crept slightly higher than the rest of the country in July, as national prices rose in line with Bank of Canada targets.

The Quebec government is providing $5 million in interim financing to help a struggling French-language newspaper chain with outlets in the National Capital Region

Premier Doug Ford told a gathering of municipal leaders in Ottawa on Monday that the government was making the move after listening to their concerns

Transat shareholders are scheduled to vote on Air Canada's proposed acquisition in one of this week's major Canadian business stories

Canopy Growth Corp. executives have struck it rich as their total compensation surged to $28.5 million last year including the first months since cannabis was legalized in October

Benoit Charette said he issued a notice to Energie de la Lievre and Services Energie Brookfield in connection with the incidents

Canopy Growth shares fell to their lowest level this year on Thursday after quarterly results that suggested the cannabis producer lost market share and an announcement that its CEO plans to leave…

Metro Inc. will fast-track adding technology tools, including self-service checkouts and electronic shelf labels, to its stores in a transformation that will help to lower labour costs

Quebec's securities tribunal has barred a developer's offer to buy up Transat shares, halting Group Mach's bid to block the tour operator's sale to Air Canada

Earnings from Smiths Falls-based Canopy Growth are among the stories to watch this week in Canadian business

Canadian Tire Corp. is diversifying its store offerings with a move the national retailer expects to strengthen its connection with millennial customers

Transat is warning shareholders against an "abusive, coercive, misleading" move by Montreal real estate developer Group Mach to block the tour operator's sale to Air Canada

Shopify Inc. shares are on the rise as gains in subscriber revenue powered strong second-quarter results that blew past analysts' expectations

Air Canada, SNC-Lavalin and Enbridge will all report earnings this coming week in Canadian business

The additional capital will fuel Auxly's plans to roll out next-generation cannabis products, such as vaporizers, when legalized in Canada later this year

Algorithms focused on profitability and increased margins decreased the emphasis on promotions to bring customers into the stores.

Quebec Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon said Wednesday the province will not offer financial help to SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. in spite of the construction giant's woes

The federal government is investing $85 million into a local company’s advanced satellite technology designed to expand access to affordable, high-speed internet across Canada's rural and remote…

Many of the country's priceless historical artifacts – and millions of other assorted bits – will be getting a new home in the National Capital Region, Parks Canada announced Tuesday

Canada is officially asking four companies to send in their bids to supply a new fleet of fighter jets for the Royal Canadian Air Force

Huawei Canada says it has received federal approval to work with a northern telecom company and an Inuit development corporation to extend high-speed 4G wireless services to 70 communities in the…

As SNC-Lavalin Group’s new CEO veers away from end-to-end construction projects as part of a sharp change in course, the Montreal-based company has confirmed it will finish out major proj

No one expects the NCC to decide the fate of the building until after the October election, says Heritage Ottawa

The Bank of Canada has lowered the rate used by mortgage stress tests to determine whether would-be homeowners can qualify, marking the first drop in three years

A minimum-wage worker could afford to rent in just a few neighbourhoods in Canada, suggests a new analysis of the country's rental market that also raises questions about a promised federal rent-…

Ottawa’s annual rate of inflation rose at roughly the same rate as the rest of the country in June, as both figures came down from a spike the month before

Canopy Rivers, the venture capital arm of Smiths Falls-based cannabis company Canopy Growth, swung to a loss in its latest quarter as its operating expenses soared

June's inflation numbers are among the stories to keep an eye on this week in Canadian business

Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna wants the owners of the iconic Chateau Laurier by Parliament Hill to come up with another plan for an addition to the historic hotel even after city council appro

The Bank of Canada is leaving its key interest rate unchanged in an announcement that balances domestic economic improvements with global trade conflicts

Housing starts data, an interest rate announcement from the Bank of Canada and earnings from Couche-Tard are all slated for this coming week

Ontario's information and privacy commissioner is calling on the provincial government to review and modernize its privacy laws to prepare for the 'risks inherent' with smart cities

Linton said in media interviews Wednesday he expects to focus on roles at Ottawa tech firms Martello, Ruckify following his departure from the cannabis giant

Ontario is set to get 50 more cannabis retail stores starting in October with as many as seven up for grabs in Ottawa and the surrounding region

The federal government's carbon pricing scheme is constitutionally sound and has the critical purpose of fighting climate change, Ontario's top court ruled in a split decision on Friday

Constellation CEO Bill Newlands, however, said challenges were to be expected, pointing to the slow rollout of recreational pot stores in Ontario, among other headwinds for the pot industry

The funds would allow municipalities to make their infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather

The board of directors of Transat AT Inc. has approved a $520-million takeover offer by Air Canada, a deal that faces legal and regulatory scrutiny along with resistance from Transat shareholders

BlackBerry Ltd. and LG Electronics Inc. are expanding a partnership that they hope will give them a bigger role as technology suppliers to the world's auto manufacturers

Bombardier Inc. has reached a deal to sell its floundering regional jet program to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. for US$550M

The federal infrastructure bank is going to put some money behind a few final, financially risky steps in Via Rail's high-frequency rail project, sources say

Earnings from BlackBerry and Farm Boy's new parent company are due up this week in Canadian business

A former regional vice-president for the Dessau engineering firm has pleaded guilty to participating in a bid-rigging scheme that cost the City of Gatineau an estimated $1.8M

Shares of Canopy Growth slipped on Friday after the cannabis company reported an uptick in fourth-quarter net revenues but a wider-than-expected fourth-quarter loss

Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod is one of several high-profile ministers demoted in a major cabinet shuffle announced today by Premier Doug Ford

The federal government has approved a merger between two northern air carriers that Canada's competition watchdog has said would amount to a monopoly on key routes

The approvals come after a U.S. hedge fund said that it will vote against the US$3.4-billion offer because it is 'unbelievably lopsided' in favour of Canopy Growth

Shopify says it is expanding into fulfilment centres as it looks to grow its footprint in the highly competitive world of online retail

Trudeau says construction will restart this construction season, but there is no specific date yet

Shopify's annual conference and earnings from Canopy Growth are among the stories to watch this week

The federal government says a "limited selection" of edibles and other next-generation cannabis products will hit retail shelves no earlier than mid-December 2019

Hexo Corp. says it plans to launch hemp-derived CBD products in eight U.S. states in 2020 under Truss, its joint venture with Molson Coors

The transition from animal meat to plant-based alternatives will unleash a new era of agricultural productivity and Canada is well-positioned to benefit, experts say

Ian Edwards, the company's chief operating officer, has been named interim chief executive effective Tuesday

A group of Hudson's Bay Co. shareholders, including executive chairman Richard Baker, is proposing to take the retailer private

Federal officials are pushing the Canadian Infrastructure Bank to back Via Rail's high-frequency rail project, according to documents tabled in the House of Commons.

A group representing Ontario craft breweries is welcoming the provincial government's move to expand beer sales to corner stores, saying the current system limits their products' exposure to customers

A new round of repairs is in store for pathways around Parliament Hill, after the second major flood in three years.

Quebec real estate developer Group Mach Inc. has made a takeover bid for Transat AT Inc.

Strong winds uprooted trees and damaged homes, but nobody was injured when a tornado touched down in the Ottawa area Sunday evening.

Small businesses in the four provinces with a national carbon price will share $1.4 billion over the next four years to help them reduce their energy use but business-owners say they are

The Bank of Canada left its key interest rate steady Wednesday as it looked to balance mounting evidence of a domestic economic pickup against the expanding risks of international trade c

An Ontario judge has cleared the way for a class action on behalf of about 300 former employees of BlackBerry Ltd.

A Canadian high-tech pioneer says a "toxic" social media business model is a threat to democracy.

Ontario's Progressive Conservative government has backed down on retroactive funding cuts to municipalities after sustained pressure from local leaders, who warned of devastating impacts

Statistics Canada says almost 3,800 business locations were at risk of being affected by spring flooding in three of the hardest hit regions of the country.

There were more experienced candidates available, but the Ottawa Senators believe D.J. Smith is the best coach to lead the team.

Canopy Growth Corp. has signed a deal to buy skin-care company This Works for $73.8 million in cash.

Tourism Minister Melanie Joly says a federal new tourism strategy can boost international visits to Canada during non-peak seasons by more than a million people.

The governing body of English rugby league has accepted a bid to put a franchise in Ottawa.

Canada's year-long standoff with the Trump administration over punitive U.S.

A Liberal member of Ontario's legislature says she will resign later this year.

Flood-ravaged provinces are asking the federal government to provide almost $138 million to move or buy out homeowners affected by previous years' inundations, according to new data that

Air Canada's interest in buying rival Transat AT Inc.

Ottawa’s annual inflation rate kept steady at 1.7 per cent for a third straight month in April while the rest of Ontario and Canada saw the pace of inflation rise due in part to the imple

Ontario Liberal politician Marie-France Lalonde wants to run for Parliament to replace retired general Andrew Leslie in the Ottawa riding he's vacating after just one term.

Onex Corp. has signed a friendly deal to buy WestJet Airlines Ltd. in a transaction it valued at $5 billion, including assumed debt.

Tilray update

Ontario will be raising speed limits to 110 kilometres an hour on Highway 417 and two other 400-series highways in the province.

Statistics Canada says women fill 19.4 per cent of the seats on corporate boards of directors across public, government and private organizations, but more than half of all boards were co

Air Canada earnings Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu speaks to analysts about the airline's first-quarter results on Monday.

Water levels are expected to peak by week's end in flood zones around the nation's capital, federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Thursday as he toured neighbourhoods in east

Statistics Canada says its latest survey shows more people are using cannabis since the legalization of recreational pot last fall and Canadians are increasingly buying it from legal reta

Flood waters were still rising around Ottawa Wednesday, even as officials talked of planning for a future of similar disasters – and Canada's need to prevent, prepare and adapt.

Canadian cigarette packs will have to be plain drab brown with standardized layouts and lettering under new rules that kick in next Nov. 9, Health Canada says.

Weakness in the mining sector and troubles for the transportation sector caused by winter weather and a derailment that cut a key rail line weighed on the economy in February.

Water levels along the Ottawa River are expected to peak in the coming days, even as the region prepares to receive more rain, forecasters say.

WestJet Airlines Ltd. has announced cancellations and schedule changes on some of its routes as the airline deals with the continued grounding of Boeing 737 Max aircraft.

RBI respite? Restaurant Brands International Inc. releases its first quarter financial results on Monday.

An interprovincial bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau remain closed to vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists Monday morning as water continues to rise with peaks not expected along the Ottaw

Business leaders worried about Canada's aging demographics have been urging political parties to avoid inflaming the immigration debate ahead of this fall's federal election.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has declared a state of emergency over flooding along the Ottawa River and other waterways.

The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday as it downgraded its 2019 growth forecast based on its prediction the economy nearly ground to a halt at the start of the

A group of alcohol and cannabis companies have formed an industry alliance to push for changes to proposed rules governing pot-infused beverages before edibles become legal in the coming

Former U.S. president Barack Obama is set to visit the nation's capital next month for a question-and-answer session.

A Toronto-based developer has been named the new chairman of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.

More than 600 Canadian soldiers have fanned out across Quebec, including parts of the National Capital Region, filling and stacking sandbags as officials warn that flood waters are likely

CP Rail results

Ontario's constitutional challenge to the federal government's imposition of a carbon charge was left in the hands of five Appeal Court justices on Thursday after the hearing wrapped up w

Canopy Growth Corp. has struck a deal to buy U.S. company Acreage Holdings Inc. for US$3.4 billion, but only if cannabis becomes federally legal in the United States.

Canopy Growth Corp.'s co-chief executive says he is expecting a “growth quarter” ahead and foresees the cannabis company will generate $1 billion in revenue during its next financial year

Canadian business sentiment has fallen from elevated levels as companies point to uncertainty around global trade, the housing sector and the energy industry, according to a new Bank of C

BoC outlook

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.

Canopy Growth Corp.

Postmedia Network Canada Corp.

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.

Ontario's Progressive Conservative government is set to table its first budget Thursday afternoon.

A world-renowned Canadian pioneer of heart surgery and an institution in the Ottawa healthcare community has died.

Ontario's realtors say the province should ban so-called "bully" offers that they say give some home buyers an unfair advantage.

Housing starts

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 prosperity, but also expr

The chief executive of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

Celine Dion is embarking on her first North American tour in more than a decade.

The inaugural season of the National Arts Centre's Indigenous Theatre will go forward in a "greatly diminished capacity" this year after $3.5 million of requested federal funding was deni

People in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will be paying more for gasoline and heating fuel Monday when the federal government's carbon tax begins in provinces that refu

BlackBerry Ltd.

Ontario's finance minister says the province will move ahead with an expansion of beer and wine sales into corner stores, big box stores, and more grocery stores.

Pineapple Express star Seth Rogen and screenwriter Evan Goldberg have teamed up with Smiths Falls-based Canopy Growth Corp. to launch a Canadian cannabis brand called Houseplant.

Apple Inc. announced a subscription news service Monday that counts the Toronto Star, La Presse, CTV News and Global News among its Canadian content suppliers.

Lululemon earnings

Embattled Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has once again incurred the wrath of some of his team's fans after making contentious comments on an Ottawa radio show Friday morning.

Canopy Growth Corp. has acquired AgriNextUSA in a move to boost its hemp business in the United States. Financial terms of the deal were not immediately available.

Eric Perez is looking to ramp up the Battle of Ontario by bringing a pro rugby league team to Ottawa.

The federal Liberal government expects to sink deeper into the red this year, thanks to a federal budget Tuesday that's laden with election-year spending measures fuelled by a windfall of

Finance Minister Bill Morneau will release the Trudeau government's final budget of its mandate Tuesday, just seven months before the next federal election.

The National Arts Centre says its upcoming lineup will give centre stage to female and Indigenous artists.

Budget day

Canada's largest airline suspended its 2019 financial guidance after regulators in Canada and the United States closed their skies to the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft over safety concerns.

Gatineau-based cannabis company Hexo Corp.

Transport Minister Marc Garneau is closing Canadian skies to the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, effectively grounding the planes over safety concerns arising from the crash of an Ethiopian Ai

The East Coast company behind multiple grocery chains in Canada is gaining market share from competitors after a period of losing ground following its troubled acquisition of Safeway in 2

Quebecor earnings

Finance Minister Vic Fedeli says Ontario's next budget will be released April 11.

WestJet Airlines Ltd.

Air Canada has boosted its profit forecast for 2019 while foreseeing fatter margins and heavier free cash flow over the next three years.

Health Canada is looking into whether two cannabis companies' sponsorship of a children's charity event last October is in violation of promotion restrictions within the Cannabis Act.

Crypto in court

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday that Canada will be a partner in a NASA-led project to establish an outpost for lunar exploration.

Canopy Growth Corp. has signed a deal that will see Martha Stewart join the company in an advisory role to help develop a new line of products.

Ottawa’s annual inflation rate dropped to 1.7 per cent in January, according to the latest report from Statistics Canada, though the capital’s rising prices continue to outpace the rest o

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk says he’s not giving up on a downtown arena after the National Capital Commission announced Wednesday that mediation had failed in RendezVous LeBreton’

Canada's heritage minister says there will be no extension of a Thursday deadline to resolve a dispute over a plan to build a community featuring a new downtown arena for the Ottawa Senat

In Dr. Joao Rezende-Neto's 25-year career as a trauma surgeon, he's only twice dealt with patients who insisted on forking over big bucks to buy equipment for a procedure.

Foreign buyers

Royal Bank of Canada raised its dividend as it reported quarterly net income of $3.17 billion, up from $3.01 billion a year ago, matching market expectations as market volatility during t

Cannabis company Canopy Growth Corp. says it's teaming up with Quebec retail giant Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. to support a privately run pot shop in London, Ont.

Canada's largest grocer reported sluggish same-store sales in its food business during its latest quarter, but touted growth in its online offerings after the company spent the past year

A convoy of angry Albertans and other westerners rolled into Ottawa Tuesday for a mass protest against federal energy and environmental policies that has also become a magnet for extremis

Poloz speaks

Canopy Growth Corp. expects to have CBD products in the U.S.

Canopy Growth Corp.'s revenue soared in its latest quarter on its first sales of recreational cannabis, but the licensed producer's loss from operations widened.

Telus Corp.

Alexandra Suda, a curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario, has been named as the next director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada.

Molson Coors Brewing Co.

A large proportion of small- and medium-sized businesses soon to be subjected to Ottawa's carbon tax worry they'll be unable to pass along the bulk of the extra costs to their customers,

Shopify update

The federal government is awarding a long-awaited contract to design its $60-billion fleet of warships to U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin.

In May 2017, Uber announced it had hired a renowned University of Toronto professor to lead a Toronto-based team that develops autonomous car technology.

Paul Dewar, a community leader and former MP Ottawa, died Wednesday after contending with brain cancer for a year

Canada's financial regulator hit back at criticisms of its stress test for uninsured mortgages, which has made it harder for borrowers to qualify and weighed on national home sales, but s

Canadian retailer Sunrise Records is pulling stricken retailer HMV out of bankruptcy in a deal that will safeguard some 1,500 jobs.

Let's talk stress

Ron Joyce, who rose from a childhood marked by the Great Depression to co-found the Tim Hortons doughnut chain, has died at the age of 88.

Ontario home buyers may soon be able to find out the prices and conditions of other offers in bidding wars.

A Gatineau museum has gone to the mat for fighter Georges St-Pierre to pluck one of his title belts from auction and put it on public display.

The POT stock ticker has been allocated by random lottery to a publicly listed company, but Canada's largest stock exchange operator is not naming the company or the industry of the winne

A union representing Ontario couriers delivering packages for Amazon.com Inc.

Bikes, booze and e-scooters are part of Uber Canada's plans for the country in 2019.

Metro meeting

The Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation is seeking a courier to make same-day pot deliveries, starting with the Greater Toronto Area.

Cannabis store sales totalled $54 million in November, the first full month of legal recreational pot sales, according to Statistics Canada.

Shopify is launching a TV and film content development and production house.

The Trudeau government is looking for ways to make home-buying more affordable for millennials, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday as he held pre-budget public events in the Toron

Premier Doug Ford ratcheted up his rhetoric on Ottawa's climate change plan Monday, warning that the carbon tax will plunge the country into recession – a claim disputed by experts and th

Wholesale trade

Ottawa’s annual inflation rate jumped to 2.5 per cent in December, one of the highest rates of any major Canadian city, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Huawei Canada will be getting a piece of the US$2 billion that its global Chinese parent will spend over five years to hire more software engineers to make its equipment more secure, resi

The Competition Bureau says a former executive of Quebec engineering firm Dessau received a 12-month sentence after pleading guilty Thursday in the Court of Quebec to rigging bids for City of Gatin

The Transportation Safety Board will lend its expertise to uncover the cause of Friday's bus collision at Westboro Station, Ottawa's chief of police confirmed during an update on the inve

High demand for the “POT” stock symbol has prompted several Canadian stock exchanges to conduct a collective lottery to select which company will be able to use the eye-catching ticker.

The head of the Transportation Safety Board says the federal government needs to move fast on better national "crashworthiness" standards for buses and other commercial passenger vehicles

Canopy Growth shares jumped Monday afternoon following news that the Ontario-based cannabis company has been granted a licence by New York state to process and produce hemp, a member of the cannabi

Businesses and investors are rushing to partner with the 25 winners of the Ontario cannabis retail licence lottery, with offers apparently worth millions of dollars, to be involved in the

A locally based senior Huawei Canada executive is leaving the Chinese tech company as it faces growing problems around the world.

As police and transportation experts continue to investigate what caused Friday’s deadly Transitway collision, city officials say the busy transportation corridor has reopened ahead of Mo

Cabinet shuffle

Federal lawmakers need to make foreign content providers, such as Netflix, YouTube and Amazon Prime, pay their fair share into producing Canadian content, Canada's broadcast regulator and

Applicants hoping to open a pot store in Ottawa could find out as early as today if they’ve been awarded one of five licences for eastern Ontario in the province’s lottery.

Postmedia Network Canada Corp. announced Thursday that Paul Godfrey is stepping down as CEO and will be succeeded by president and chief operating officer Andrew MacLeod.

Realtor Ash Alles wanted to throw an open house to remember. So, he catered a food truck.

The Bank of Canada left its trend-setting interest rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent Wednesday as the sharp decline in oil prices temporarily dims its economic outlook for the coming months

Shoppers Drug Mart's e-commerce platform for medical cannabis launched Tuesday, a month after Health Canada licensed the company to sell the product online.

An Ottawa roofing company has been fined $80,000 after two of its employees caught fire during a job, leaving one with critical injuries.

Bank conference

While Ottawa has no shortage of beautiful and historical places to visit – and may be better known for its bureaucratic hum than a night-time buzz – it has in fact a burgeoning food scene with a th

The federal government's big-ticket efforts to support high-growth tech firms are offering little for emerging companies that have already outgrown the fledgling startup phase, according

A new report on the country's highest-paid CEOs is adding evidence to the argument that women face a "double-pane glass ceiling" at the top of Canada's corporate ladder: first in getting

The federal infrastructure minister says he is looking to connect private backers with some of the country's rural and northern communities to pay for badly needed broadband internet conn

Real estate agent Shawn Zigelstein remembers a time, just a few years ago, when a printer, scanner and fax machine were the most important tools of his trade.

Toronto marketing specialist Elaina Falcone laughs as she thinks back to about a year ago when executives at her company started walking around the office having phone conversations on he

Parliament Hill’s Centre Block building is set for closure next month, putting the capital’s most iconic structure under wraps for more than a decade.

Ottawa Fury FC's sanctioning battle with CONCACAF appears to be over – for the time being.

BlackBerry Ltd.'s stock was up in early trading Thursday after the company's third-quarter revenue and profit beat analyst estimates, with growth coming from its software and services bus

Royal Bank of Canada is denying a report that it was able to read, write and delete users' messages on the social networking website Facebook.

Ottawa’s annual pace of inflation again surpassed the rest of the country in November, according to a Statistics Canada report released Wednesday.

Ottawa Fury FC is turning to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for help in its sanctioning battle with CONCACAF.

The restoration of delivery service guarantees by Canada Post – three weeks after striking postal workers were forced back to work – proves the shipment backlogs Ottawa used to justify le

Canada has the globe's fifth largest artificial intelligence workforce, but is still far from closing the gender gap in the sector, according to new rankings from the World Economic Forum

Home sales

Months after saying it would not cap the number of licences for retail pot shops after cannabis was legalized, the Ontario government has reversed course, saying it will now only be able

Given the launch of the Canadian Premier League, CONCACAF says it does not see the "exceptional circumstances" needed to sanction Ottawa Fury FC playing in the U.S.-dominated USL.

Allowing Chinese firm Huawei Technologies to help build Canada's 5G wireless networks could give Beijing backdoor access to revealing data about Canadians, security analysts warn.

Cannabis producer Hexo Corp.

The feds’ ethics watchdog says Mark Kristmanson, the head of the National Capital Commission, violated conflict-of-interest rules a dozen times as talks swirl about an Ottawa city council

Ottawa Fury FC says CONCACAF has moved to block it from playing in the United Soccer League in 2019.

A top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei has been released on $10 million bail and must agree to wear an electronic tracking device while she is also monitored by two employees of a c

Ontario's financial watchdog says the province's deficit will rise to $12.3 billion this fiscal year, half a billion more than he predicted before the spring election – but less than the

Empire update

Before the arrest of Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver last weekend, the Chinese company wasn't a household name in Canada – certainly not in the leag

The tech executive whose arrest in Vancouver has sparked outrage from China is the well-educated daughter of a wealthy former military man who founded what eventually became one of the wo

Washington State regulators have rejected Hydro One Ltd.'s proposed takeover of Avista Corp., citing political interference in the Ontario utility by its largest shareholder – the provinc

Chinese officials are demanding that Canada release Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer, who was arrested in Vancouver over the weekend and faces possible extradition to the Unit

The Ottawa Senators franchise is among the National Hockey League’s 10 lowest-valued teams, according to an annual ranking by Forbes.

The Bank of Canada is leaving its interest rate unchanged and says the timing of future hikes will depend on factors such as how long the oil-price slump lasts, how well business investment picks u

The Conservatives easily hung onto a long-time Tory fiefdom Monday, scoring a convincing victory in a federal byelection held near Ottawa.

Gary Bettman isn't concerned the development deal that would have included a new downtown arena for the Ottawa Senators is falling apart.

Initial analysis on the final text of the new North American trade pact Canada signed on Friday is pointing to two changes – one potentially helpful for the auto sector, the other potenti

More bank earnings

The original NAFTA deal has landed back atop Donald Trump's hit list, with the U.S.

The pace of economic growth in Canada slowed in the third quarter as business investment spending moved lower and the growth in household spending slowed, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Two exiles will return to Ottawa's Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday: star defenceman Erik Karlsson and former super-fan Shaila Anwar, who hasn't been to a game since the Senators traded h

A Progressive Conservative legislator who publicly denounced Ontario's decision to eliminate the independent office of the French-language services commissioner and a planned French-langu

The federal government is taking immediate steps to remove some regulatory barriers to trade across the country, hoping to persuade provinces to follow its example.

The Ottawa Senators fired back at Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson after he told reporters on Wednesday the NHL team wanted the city to pay for an arena as part of the LeBreton Flats redevelopment

The $60-billion effort to build new warships for Canada's navy is facing another delay after a trade tribunal ordered the federal government to postpone a final contract for the vessels'

Approaching "baby boomer" retirements will result in a huge transfer of business ownership over the next five to 10 years, but only a small percentage of owners have a formal written succ

Mail service will resume all across the country at noon Tuesday after the Senate passed legislation ordering an end to five weeks of rotating strikes by postal workers.

Maybe not pot

The union representing workers at the General Motors assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., are promising "one hell of a fight" after the automaker announced it would close the location along wi

The rate of inflation rose at a faster pace in the capital than across Canada in October according to data released Friday from Statistics Canada.

Striking Canada Post workers are shutting down the mail in Ottawa today as the House of Commons takes up legislation that would force them back to work.

Hackers are targeting Toronto-Dominion Bank's internal systems at all hours using cutting-edge techniques, but the bank's head of cybersecurity isn't losing sleep over them – they work fo

The Trudeau government introduced legislation Thursday that could see striking Canada Post employees forced back to work, but said it would hold off debating the bill to give a special me

The $60-billion effort to build new warships for Canada's navy has hit another snag, this time in the form of a legal challenge by one of three companies in the competition to design the

The federal Liberals have come up with a $16-billion answer to Canada's competitiveness concerns.

The federal government is prepared to order an end to rotating strikes by Canada Post employees if a collective agreement isn't soon reached, Labour Minister Patty Hajdu said Tuesday.

The federal government will release a fall economic update later today that will seek to close the loop on some of its outstanding mandate commitments, leaving the door open for the Liber

The Trudeau government signalled Monday it was willing to give Canada Post a couple more days to settle a labour dispute with its employees despite pressure from business to end rotating

Striking postal workers have rejected a call from Canada Post for a "cooling off" period to accompany mediated talks aimed at ending the labour dispute that has seen mail and packages bac

George Weston earnings

An Ontario cannabis retail licence will not be issued to a corporation if more than 9.9 per cent of it is owned or controlled by one or more licensed marijuana producers or their affiliat

BlackBerry Ltd. has signed a US$1.4-billion deal to acquire U.S. artificial intelligence and cybersecurity company Cylance in what the company called the largest deal in its history.

Canada Post has issued what it calls a "time-limited" contract offer to its employees in hopes of ending rotating strikes that have created a historic backlog of undelivered parcels.

The Ontario government has released regulations that will guide the startup of private cannabis stores on April 1.

Smiths Falls-based Canopy Growth Corp.'s shares fell more than 10 per cent after the cannabis producer reported a wider quarterly loss and revenue slowdown as operating expenses soared ahead of Can

A full-scale trade deal between Canada and China is possible even as Canada remains open to striking smaller sector-by-sector agreements, says International Trade Minister Jim Carr.

Pot earnings

Recipe Unlimited Corp. earned $23.8 million in its latest quarter, up from $21.2 million a year ago.

Bombardier Inc. says it's cutting about 5,000 jobs across the organization over the next 12 to 18 months as part of a new restructuring plan.

A local newspaper said Wednesday it has no intention of taking down a secretly recorded video of several Ottawa Senators players despite a legal notice insisting leaving it online violate

Canadians are inspecting the fresh U.S. political landscape following midterm election results that many believe have added fresh trade-related uncertainty.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vaunted his government's new legislation on pay equity at a conference of female business leaders in Montreal on Monday, and was pressed about how Canada wil

Lowe's Companies Inc. says it plans to close 31 Canadian stores and other locations as part of a plan to focus on its most profitable operations.

Poloz in the UK

A series of proposed class-action lawsuits launched against major insurance companies in Ontario claim the firms have been shortchanging auto-accident victims for years by breaking rules

News that Molson Coors expects to bring cannabis-infused beverages to the Canadian market as early as next year sent shares of Gatineau-based marijuana producer Hexo – the brewing giant’s

Canada Post employees are walking off the job in Ottawa and Arnprior-Renfrew this morning as the postal union’s wave of rotating strikes hits the capital.

Air Canada saw its third-quarter profit drop compared with a year ago amid rising fuel prices as operating revenue climbed 11 per cent.

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz wants Canadians to get used to the idea of three per cent interest rates as the new normal, now that the era of rock-bottom borrowing costs is gradua

WestJet Airlines Ltd. reported a third-quarter profit of $45.9 million, down from a profit of $135.9 million in the same quarter last year amid rising fuel prices.

When Vanessa Witkowski and her husband were tasked with selling his grandmother's home, they both knew they didn't want to do it the traditional way.

Corporate scorecard

The Ontario government is coming under fire for delays in the delivery of legal cannabis in the province, with critics suggesting consumers could revert back to the black market.

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The Bank of Canada hiked its trend-setting interest rate Wednesday as the resilient economy hums along and a big source of trade uncertainty is finally out of the way.

Ontario will cap minimum wage at $14 an hour until fall 2020 as part of a rollback of labour reforms introduced by the previous Liberal regime, the Progressive Conservative government ann

Small businesses called for a speedy end to rotating walkouts launched Monday in four cities by Canada Post employees, citing concern that a prolonged strike could chew into their profits ahead of

When the future residents of Toronto's Line 5 condo building order home delivery of groceries or a bite from Uber Eats or Foodora, there will be no need to rush home to ensure their food

Powering pot sales

The country's real estate market may be taking a breather, but a new survey suggests the vast majority of recent homebuyers are maxing out their budgets to purchase their first homes.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is the target of a test legal case that could prompt politicians all across the country to reconsider their use of social media.

Canada needs to spend $83 million over the next 10 years just to get its official residences – including 24 Sussex Drive – into half-decent shape.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has given strike notice to Canada Post that workers could walk off the job as early as next week.

Cannabis was "flying off the shelves" in brick-and-mortar outlets and online stores Wednesday across the country as Canadians looked to make their first-ever legal purchase of recreational pot and

More than half of Canadian homeowners recently surveyed say they would be less likely to consider a property if they knew cannabis had been grown inside, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Canopy Growth Corp. has signed a deal to buy Ebbu Inc., a Colorado-based hemp researcher, in a stock-and-cash deal worth more than $425 million.

In less than three months, the centrepiece on Parliament Hill will go dark for at least a decade.

Corporate outlook The Bank of Canada releases its latest business outlook survey and senior loan officer survey on Monday.

WestJet Airlines Ltd.

A new study suggests federal and provincial governments can help ease some of the frustrations of travellers and grow the country's air transport sector by reducing taxes and fees imposed

Working in Canada's legal pot industry won't deprive you of a Disney World holiday but the U.S.

When Shopify Inc.

Federal officials have quietly probed possible new workplace rules for employees who show up to work high after cannabis is legalized next week, newly released documents show.

Homeowner groups need to quickly establish rules for marijuana growing and consumption in an effort to nip any problems in the bud, say lawyers who specialize in property law.

A closely watched address by Canada's innovation minister, the release of new building permits data and a fresh look at the country's housing market are among the events expected to make headlines in…

As recreational marijuana legalization looms, some industry insiders are predicting a hot niche in the market for less potent products.

Canada Post issued wide-ranging new contract offers to its employees Wednesday in the hope of preventing a work stoppage at the Crown corporation ahead of the busy holiday online shopping

Ontario Premier Doug Ford vowed Tuesday to scrap labour reform legislation from the previous Liberal regime that raised the province's minimum wage and introduced a range of other worker

Reaction from Canadian business groups to the terms of a renegotiated trade pact between Canada, the U.S.

A new era in North American free trade dawned in the dead of night Sunday as a 14-month NAFTA modernization effort between Canada, the U.S.

Jobs numbers Statistics Canada will release job numbers for September on Friday.

Shopify Inc.

Enbridge Gas Distribution Ltd. says its typical Ontario residential customer's natural gas bill will go down about $29 a year.

Despite new restrictions on Ontario pot producers’ retail opportunities, Ottawa-area cannabis firms are forging ahead with their sales strategies – including announcing the first possible dispensar

Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy Growth Corp. says its shareholders have approved a $5-billion investment in the cannabis company by Constellation Brands Inc.

Canada has been trying to grow its innovation sector for decades and prove that it can compete on the world's stage, but Shopify's cofounder believes the country shouldn't be too quick to

Ontario's Progressive Conservatives vowed to address the province's ballooning debt and deficit without slashing jobs after a review of government finances revealed spending had grown dra

With an eye on future lunar exploration, Canada's space agency is calling on companies to present their ideas for everything from moon-rover power systems to innovative mineral prospectin

Empire Co.

BoC speech Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz gives a speech to Atlantic Provinces Economic Council and Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce on Thursday evening.

Officials are warning people in the Ottawa area to brace for days without power in the wake of a tornado that ripped through the region yesterday afternoon.

Months after cancelling hundreds of renewable energy contracts, the Ontario government introduced legislation Thursday to scrap a law that aimed to bolster the province's green energy ind

The company that owns the Toronto Star newspaper has signed a deal to buy iPolitics Inc., an Ottawa-based digital political news service.

The federal government insists pot legalization will help the country snuff out crime – but internally it's wondering what will become of the fuzzy world of illegal online weed transactio

The CEOs of three of Canada's major grocery chains doubled down on their expectation that food prices will soon rise at their stores.

Clearly in a rebuilding mode on the ice following last week’s blockbuster trade of star defenceman Erik Karlsson, the Ottawa Senators also continued their front office overhaul Monday, hiring a vet

The House is back The House of Commons resumes sitting on Monday.

Canada's largest licensed pot producer says a work stoppage at Canada Post could leave many of its customers without their medications, resulting in some looking for unregulated, black ma

Unionized staff at the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun have voted in favour of the latest contract offer from Postmedia Inc., averting a potential lockout.

Canada's labour minister called on Canada Post and its biggest union Tuesday to continue bargaining with the help of a third party after postal workers across the country voted in favour

Golf is at war with itself: on one side, the tucked-in, collars-and-socks traditionalists, their ranks split over whether to surrender or stand up against the advancing high-tech hordes o

Roots earnings Roots Corp. releases and discusses second-quarter results on Wednesday.

Postmedia Network Inc. has told Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun staff that it will lock out union employees starting Monday if they reject or refuse to vote on its final contract offer.

The Bank of Canada's decision to leave its interest rate unchanged Wednesday could be just a brief pause that comes as it carefully follows the unpredictable twists in the country's trade

Latest job numbers Statistics Canada releases the labour force survey for August on Friday.

Longtime marijuana advocate Neev Tapiero is ready for the cannabis-driven tourists to come, and he's not waiting for legalization to roll out the welcome mat.

A court has overturned the federal government’s approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, halting construction on the project and sending it back to the review phase

The fresh round of U.S.-Canada negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement generated hopeful signals from both camps Wednesday that a deal could be struck by the end of the we

Canada's postal service built a massive loss into its books Tuesday in anticipation of the potential cost of settling a pay equity dispute with its biggest union.

Canada will rejoin face-to-face negotiations with the United States and Mexico on Tuesday after the two continental partners reached a bilateral deal that raised fresh concerns about the

George Burger says his company, VMedia, can't get internet service into customer buildings and homes the way it once did because copper wiring that the Toronto-based internet service prov

More beats for banks? Bank of Montreal, Scotiabank, TD Bank and National Bank are set to report their third-quarter results this week.

The Supreme Court of Canada's refusal to hear an appeal from the country's largest real estate board enables its member real estate agents to publish home sales data on their websites, se

WestJet Airlines is cancelling service between Montreal and Quebec City and cutting back on flights across its network as it reduces capacity to meet consumer demand while also trying to

Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee has resigned amid harassment accusations, marking another key hole to fill for the local team as it attempts to rebuild its executive r

An Air Canada-led consortium has reached a deal to acquire Aimia Inc.'s Aeroplan loyalty program, easing customer concerns but raising questions around the price tag and what the deal aug

Sticker shock and a limited selection are two main factors that discourage more Canadians from buying an electric vehicle, a new survey of car sales representatives suggests – two issues

The federal government says it will review Constellation Brand Inc.'s proposed $5 billion investment in Canopy Growth Corp.

The once meat-dominated world of fast-food and casual restaurants is starting to cater to the one-in-ten Canadian diners who identify as vegetarian or vegan by adding an increasing array

Betting on the banks Royal Bank of Canada is the first lender to report its fiscal third-quarter results on Wednesday, and most analysts are expecting "solid" growth a

Ottawa’s annual inflation rate hit 3.2 per cent in July, pushing past already-surging national figures, according to Statistics Canada.

The Canadian arm of Tesla, Inc., is taking the Ontario government to court, claiming it has been treated unfairly in the cancellation of a program providing rebates to residents who bough

The head of Ottawa-area pot firm Canopy Growth is talking more aggressively about expansion in the United States, if and when the drug becomes legal there, a day after the cannabis producer announc

Bell Media has signed a new long-term agreement that will see it become the exclusive Canadian broadcaster for new programming from Vice Media network Viceland.

Second Cup Ltd. says it is actively reviewing locations in Ontario for potential conversion to cannabis retail stores in light of policy changes in the province.

Shopify is banning the sale of some firearms and their related parts through its platform.

The federal government extended an olive branch of sorts to Donald Trump's tough-on-trade White House on Tuesday as it began exploring how best to address industry concerns that U.S.

Alcohol giant Constellation Brands will invest $5 billion in Canopy Growth Corp.

Recreational cannabis will be sold online in Ontario when legalized this fall and in private retail stores across the province early next year, the government announced Monday, reversing

Ontario's Progressive Conservative government says the chair of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario will step down at the end of the month after less than a year in the job.

Pot for puppers

Major credit card companies have struck an agreement with the federal government to trim the fees they charge to merchants in a move the Liberals hope will provide a boost to small busine

Canadian pets are a few steps closer to getting their paws on pot-based medical treatments in Canada as more cannabis companies research marijuana's efficacy for companion animals.

Montreal-based engineering firm WSP Global Inc.

Ontario launched its buck-a-beer plan Tuesday by offering "non-financial incentives" to brewers who sell their beer for $1, a move some Ottawa craft brewers are labelling as unrealistic.

Canada can easily replace the oil it imports from Saudi Arabia should relations with the Middle Eastern kingdom deteriorate to the point that trade in crude is halted, says an energy econ

Canada will review the joint vehicle emissions standards it has with the United States before it decides what to do about the U.S.'s plan to weaken those standards in the coming years.

Manulife earnings Manulife Financial releases second-quarter results on Wednesday.

Aimia Inc.

Second-quarter subscriber growth in Bell Canada's three main services beat analyst estimates, led by an 18-year high in new wireless subscribers, but parent company BCE Inc.

An internal federal analysis foresees a stretch of job-market moderation in Canada's near future following an extended period of healthy employment growth – an economic shift expected to

Months of heated relations with a group of rebellious Tim Hortons franchisees don't appear to be hurting its parent company's bottom line.

Airline passengers should expect to face higher fares later this year to compensate for rising fuel costs that contributed to WestJet Airlines posting its first quarterly loss in 13 years

Molson Coors Canada, the business arm of Molson Coors Brewing Co., says it has entered into a joint venture to develop non-alcoholic, cannabis-infused beverages.

Anyone renting an Airbnb listing in the nation's capital will have to start paying a four-per-cent hotel tax starting today.

Younger, middle-income households will be among those that feel the biggest financial sting from the Bank of Canada's gradual move towards higher interest rates, says a newly released fed

None of Canada's TSX 60 companies were headed by a woman and two-thirds did not include a single woman among top earners during their latest fiscal year, reveals a Canadian Press analysis

The telecommuting revolution envisioned by futurists, in which vast numbers of workers eschew their daily commute in favour of working remotely from home, never quite turned out as predic

RBI earnings Restaurant Brands International Inc., the parent company of Burger King and Tim Hortons, discusses second-quarter results on Wednesday. A group of U.S.

The Ontario government will reportedly allow private stores to sell marijuana once recreational cannabis becomes legal on Oct.

Canadians will likely have to pay more for certain food items soon as grocers grapple with the impact of new tariffs in an ongoing trade war and other pressures, said Loblaw Companies Ltd

A Canadian startup company has raised $62 million from Telus Ventures and other major backers to expand its digital employee health benefits business with new offices in San Francisco, Ne

The federal government is set to become the official owner of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion after failing to quickly flip the project to another private-sector buyer.

Aecon earnings Aecon Group Inc. releases second-quarter results after markets close on Thursday.

The price of consumer goods in Canada’s capital inched upwards last month, mirroring a national trend, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

George Kottas owns 15 restaurants in the Greater Toronto Area, but almost none of them have a dining room or takeout counter, and if you wandered into most, you'd be hard-pressed to find

Algonquin College says it is advising students and alumni that hackers have infiltrated a server infected with malware.

Ontario's new Progressive Conservative government introduced legislation on Monday that would give it sweeping new powers over executive compensation at Hydro One.

Need for speed Rogers Communications Inc. discusses second-quarter results on Thursday. Rogers and rival BCE Inc.

Ontario's new Progressive Conservative government vowed Thursday to bring in sweeping changes meant to restore public trust in the province in a throne speech that played up promises made

Some Canadians craving a doughnut or double-double but strapped for time can now have Tim Hortons food brought to them as the national chain started testing delivery this week.

The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday in an economy that it predicts will remain resilient even as it faces an even bigger bite from deepening trade tensions.

Vancouver Starbucks locations will be the first in Canada to serve drinks without plastic straws as it works to eliminate the product from all its stores by 2020, the company announced th

Convenience store catch-up Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. releases fourth-quarter and year-end results after markets close on Monday.

Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy Growth Corp.

The Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group has announced the acquisition of a Minnesota-based company that produces theatrical shows, exhibits, cruise ship activities and outdoor events.

The federal government's new 10-per-cent tariff on American whiskey could force bourbon aficionados to shell out more for a drink, prompting some to switch to a domestic blend, but Canadi

A scorching heat wave has kept crowds on Parliament Hill smaller than usual for Canada Day festivities in the nation's capital.

One, two, three, four, I declare a trade war Canada's $16.6-billion worth of retaliatory tariffs take effect Sunday on dozens of U.S.

When Sen. Patrick Toomey looks at the future of the ketchup market in his home state of Pennsylvania, he sees real blood on the floor.

Consumers will see "fewer, better" specialty TV channels and more targeted advertising from Corus Entertainment, company executives said this week as they explained their plan for rebuild

Foreign buyers might make up a small sliver of Canada's biggest real estate markets, but homebuyers in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal still believe they are heavily influencing housing a

Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy Growth Corp.

The Competition Bureau says criminal charges have been laid against four people who allegedly conspired to rig bids for 21 City of Gatineau infrastructure contracts between 2004 and 2008.

Finance ministers from across the country weighed the consequences this week of Canada's intensifying trade dispute with the United States as the federal government worked to finalize det

World Cup matches and an Olympic Games would put Canada front and centre in the sports world in 2026.

Bonnie Hallman of Winnipeg had been booked to board a Disney cruise next summer to bask in the untamed wilderness of Alaska, which she had longed to see since flipping through copies of t

Officials are promising shorter queue times for Canada Day festivities in the nation's capital this year, but heavy security measures will once again force revellers to endure enhanced sc

High times Licensed marijuana producer Canopy Growth Corp. discusses fourth-quarter and year-end results on Wednesday.

Cities, provinces and territories building new roads, bridges, water and transit systems funded with federal dollars will have to let Indigenous Peoples, veterans and recent immigrants have a hand

BlackBerry Ltd. shares sank almost 10 per cent to their lowest levels in weeks on Friday, despite beating analysts' estimates and reporting a solid start to its 2019 financial year.

Solar industry participants say they expect more investment to flow to Alberta and the United States in the wake of premier-elect Doug Ford's vow to axe Ontario's cap-and-trade system and

Competition is heating up for Canada's most price-sensitive travellers as WestJet Airlines gears up to launch the country's second ultra-low cost airline Wednesday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says recreational marijuana will be legal in Canada as of Oct. 17.

Employees with Quebec's liquor authority are threatening to strike ahead of the province's popular Fete nationale holiday, also known as St-Jean-Baptiste day.

Artificial intelligence could give internet giants like Facebook and Amazon even more power to reshape the Canadian economy, threatening the viability of domestic businesses, researchers warn.

Reading the BoC tea leaves Deputy Bank of Canada governor Lynn Patterson will speak before the Investment Industry Association of Canada on interest-rate benchmarks on

Beer brewed with marijuana, baking mixes concocted to bring out the unique flavours of cannabis oil and good, old-fashioned pot cookies: Canadian companies are creating them all, but it's

Parliament Hill's iconic Centre Block won't be shutting down this summer, delaying the start of a badly needed renovation until at least next year.

Transat AT Inc.

An Ottawa legislator could become the interim leader of Ontario's Liberals, who suffered a massive defeat in last week's provincial election.

Canadian retailer Roots Corp.

The World Cup is coming to Canada.

The National Arts Centre has found a new president and CEO in its orchestra director.

U.S.

Starbucks closed about 1,100 Canadian locations for anti-bias training Monday afternoon in a bid to make its stores more inclusive after the April arrest of two black men at one of its Ph

Tea party DavidsTea reports its first-quarter results Monday and holds its annual meeting on Thursday, when shareholders will weigh in on a proxy battle for board cont

A generation after Richard Nixon called Justin Trudeau's father an "asshole," Donald Trump's administration broke new ground in American political trash talk Sunday when a presidential ad

Canada's government will auction key wireless spectrum for fifth-generation mobile networks in 2020, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said Wednesday.

Donald Trump's top economic adviser dismissed differences over tariffs as a "family quarrel" Wednesday as reports of a testy phone call between the president and Prime Minister Justin Tru

Cannabis industry titans will gather in New Brunswick next week to discuss how to market pot in a competitive legal marketplace, and other issues raised by the dawn of government-run weed.

Canadians who currently use cannabis expect to buy nearly two-thirds of their pot from legal retailers once recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada, a new survey suggests.

As one week packed with major economic and political developments comes to a close, another begins for the Trudeau government.

The Trudeau Liberals have laid out the environmental test that new transit and water systems will have to go through in the hope cities and provinces choose greener construction options.

The Bank of Nova Scotia made a big play to expand its customer base on Thursday with a deal to acquire Ottawa-based financial adviser MD Financial Management for $2.5 billion.

Sports commentary, Food Network Canada programming and the iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards will be livestreaming soon on Canadian Twitter feeds.

Justin Trudeau drew the ire of Donald Trump late Thursday, after warning of a new turning point in Canada-U.S. relations when the U.S.

Canada has quietly paid another $54 million toward development of the F-35 stealth fighter, bringing its total investment in the controversial project to roughly a half a billion dollars

The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate target on hold Wednesday, but noted the Canadian economy was a little stronger than expected in the first quarter, raising expectations that

Indigo Books & Music Inc. says it earned $21.8 million last year in an improvement from a year earlier but below analyst expectations.

The federal Liberal government has no plans to drag Canada permanently into the pipeline business, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday as he unveiled a $4.5-billion plan to buy the

Yasir Naqvi is running for re-election in what's widely considered a Liberal safe seat, but he says he's never seen so much uncertainty among voters at the door who tell him they're still

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is nixing the idea of Quebecers filing one tax return that would be administered by the province.

Two of Canada's biggest banks warned Monday that "fraudsters" may have accessed certain personal and financial information of up to 90,000 customers.

The president and CEO of WestJet says the threat of a strike by its pilots is over.

Parade of bank earnings continues Three more of Canada's big banks report second-quarter earnings: Scotiabank comes out on Tuesday followed by Bank of Montreal and Nat

The federal government rejected the Chinese takeover of a Toronto-based construction firm on national security grounds because it would have given Beijing access to a trove of sensitive d

The federal government has blocked the proposed $1.5-billion takeover of Aecon Group Inc. by a Chinese state-owned company for reasons of national security.

The government of Canada has been increasing its use of paid Facebook advertisements over the last three years, spending tens of millions of dollars on boosted posts, videos and ad campai

CIBC reported better-than-expected results for its second quarter with a nearly 25 per cent increase in net income compared with a year ago.

Based on recent announcements by the likes of Facebook, Live Nation and a U.K.

What's next for NAFTA? Negotiators for Canada, Mexico and the U.S.

Motorists in many parts of Canada are expected to see rising gasoline prices as they fire up their vehicles for road adventures on the Victoria Day long weekend.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will work the room at a business luncheon in Manhattan today on the merits of free trade and global economic co-operation, just as word starts to sink in that efforts

Somewhat reluctantly, Athar Afzal finally gave up on BlackBerry earlier this year.

A federal plan to take a bite out of corporate crime by allowing prosecutors to suspend criminal charges against companies has potential downsides, an internal analysis says – including t

TD Bank is joining a rival bank in offering a highly discounted variable mortgage rate as competition among Canada's biggest lenders heats up.

The cost of buying the Jean Coutu Group was high but the pill wasn't too difficult to swallow because it will generate a good return on the investment, Metro Inc.

Buyers in Canada's most overheated real estate markets paid an average of $229,000 extra per home between 2007 and 2016 because of regulations making it difficult for builders to construct more sin

The first woman to take the helm of A&W Food Services of Canada Inc.

DHX's doldrums Children's entertainment company DHX Media Ltd. discusses third-quarter results on Monday.

WestJet pilots have committed to not disrupting passenger travel plans over the Victoria Day long weekend despite voting overwhelmingly to give its union a strike mandate.

Telus Corp.

Pension fund manager OMERS says it has signed an agreement to acquire British-based recruiting firm Alexander Mann Solutions in a deal valued at about $1.4 billion.

The bar is now higher for homebuyers to qualify for mortgages in Canada after the central bank raised a key metric used in stress tests that determine borrowers' eligibility.

Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. has signed a deal to buy Helly Hansen, a maker of sportswear and workwear based in Norway, for $985 million.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants Canada to have "a little more swagger" in promoting homegrown innovations.

The CEO of WestJet Airlines Ltd.

European financial technology company TransferWise is planning a Canadian launch next year for its borderless debit card, which allows users to hold b

Via Rail had its best performance in a decade during Canada's sesquicentennial year, increasing its ridership by more than 10 per cent to 4.4 million passengers, the passenger railway sai

Years of federal bureaucratic delay may cost the North millions of dollars in investment in an emerging high-tech industry.

Cleared to strike? WestJet discusses first-quarter results on Tuesday.

The Canada Post Group of Companies reported a profit of $144 million for 2017, up from $81 million in 2016, as its parcel business grew amid the popularity of online shopping.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't backing down from his government's much-maligned timeline for legalizing marijuana, despite a growing chorus of calls from senators, Indigenous leaders and other

Canada's largest grocer plans to "blanket the country" with online grocery services this year.

Molson Coors Brewing Co. had its worst trading day in more than a decade after the company widely missed expectations largely due to weakness in the United States.

Canadians have amassed a $2-trillion mountain of household debt that's casting a big shadow over the timing of the Bank of Canada's next interest rate hike, governor Stephen Poloz said in

The Canadian economy, which contracted to start the year, bounced back in February, led by gains in the mining and oil and gas extraction sector.

Canadians celebrating the onset of summer driving season have been dismayed by another spring phenomenon – rising gasoline prices across the country.

Canada's hotels are asking the federal Liberal government to take a heavier hand with online rental services like Airbnb and force the platforms to collect and remit sales tax.

Canada's two largest airlines say artificial intelligence can be a game-changer for aviation by helping to boost revenues, pare costs and provide passengers with a more personalized trave

Air Canada earnings Air Canada discusses first-quarter results on Monday.

The federal government has unveiled new measures on intellectual property as it seeks to improve Canada's performance in a critical area of the increasingly important ideas-based economy.

Ford's decision to discontinue almost all of its car models in North America within two years will leave its Canadian operations intact, since they are focused mainly on sport utility veh

Metro Inc.

The Trudeau government is on track to run deficits nearly $8 billion deeper than expected over the next two years, the federal budget watchdog said Monday in a new report.

Toys "R" Us's Canadian operations have found a safety net months after the retailer's demise in the U.S. and overseas.

Canada's central bank governor says inflation will likely hover just above the historic target of two per cent for this entire year, but he's comfortable with that because the longer-term trendline

Trans Mountain troubles B.C.

Rogers Communications Inc. saw its first-quarter profit soar from the same time last year as its wireless division experienced a growth spurt that exceeded analyst estimates.

The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the constitutionality of a New Brunswick law that ensnared a man who brought home a trunkload of beer and liquor from neighbouring Quebec.

A key ratings agency has downgraded its outlook on Ontario's finances to "negative" from "stable" in light of the Liberal government's plan to run six consecutive multibillion-dollar defi

The International Monetary Fund projects moderate economic growth for Canada this year and next, albeit at a rate lower than last year's and significantly slower than in the United States

The Bank of Canada is maintaining its trend-setting interest rate as its careful assessment of the timing of future hikes continues amid a backdrop of moderating growth.

The death of the password could be upon us.

Rogers Communications Inc.

Leadership at a new federal infrastructure financing agency has been told to largely avoid the riskiest of investment options to help private companies make projects a reality and deliver

Interest rate watch The Bank of Canada will announce its latest interest rate decision on Wednesday.

Sexual harassment is far more prevalent in Canadian workplaces than company executives would like to believe, a new report says.

The federal government is looking into concerns raised by a dissident group of Tim Hortons franchisees about the potential violation of terms the federal government placed on a deal that

Ottawa’s National Access Cannabis is staking its claim to Western Canada’s retail cannabis market with the help of coffee shop Second Cup.

A $17-million interactive digital media tax credit from the Ontario government helped pare Postmedia Network Canada Corp.'s second-quarter net loss to $1.3 million from a loss of $28.5 million a ye

The Hydropothecary Corp.'s share price closed up 13 per cent Wednesday after the company said it had struck a cannabis supply deal with the Societe des alcools du Quebec.

Eugene Melnyk's first attempt at clearing the air with Ottawa Senators fans had some rocky moments this week.

A group representing about half of Canada's Tim Hortons franchisees has vowed to do everything in its power to assist an outs

Canadian firms remain upbeat about future sales, business investment and hiring even as the country faces stubborn economic uncertainties from outside its borders, a recent Bank of Canada

Ontario's real estate agents want stronger rules to protect home buyers from purchasing a former marijuana grow-op – a situation they say will increase once cannabis is legalized this yea

When two Edmonton men started bottling and selling air from Banff and Lake Louise, Alta., some people thought it was a farce, but about four years later the duo's expanded their line to a

Still optimistic? The Bank of Canada releases the Business Outlook Survey on Monday.

A new survey suggests Tim Hortons has fallen out of favour with Canadians, plummeting 25 points and dropping more than 40 spots from 2017 in an annual corporate reputation ranking.

Shares of Corus Entertainment Inc. soared in trading Thursday after the company beat expectations as it reported a second-quarter profit of $40 million.

The federal government could give revenues from a federally imposed carbon tax directly back to Ontario residents instead of the provincial government if whoever is elected in the spring

New Chinese retaliatory tariffs on U.S.

The Ontario government is pushing back against New York State's Buy American law by limiting public sector procurement with suppliers in that state.

Transcontinental Inc.

U.S. wireless providers are trumpeting the virtues of their soon-to-be-unveiled 5G networks, but in Canada, the Big Three telecoms are sitting back and staying mum.

State of the relationship U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft delivers a speech on "Future Directions for the Canada/U.S. Alliance" in Toronto on Monday.

When Daniel Beauchamp was hunting for a new car, he skipped trips to dealerships by using virtual and augmented reality to test vehicles from a makeshift driver's seat he set up in his ho

As it braces to fight for re-election this spring, Ontario's Liberal government has rolled out a spending package that targets nearly every demographic while plunging the province back in

BlackBerry Ltd.'s revenue and adjusted earnings came in above analyst estimates in its fourth quarter, as all three of the company's main software divisions showed growth.

There's growing chatter in North America about adopting right-to-disconnect laws to free workers from being tethered to their phones around the clock, but some labour experts say that whi

Tim Hortons plans to renovate most of its Canadian restaurants over the next several years in what some franchisees say is an

Canada could soon have its first customs facilities inside the United States, says an American official who cites Florida and Arizona as potential sites for pilot projects in ongoing expe

Nearly three-quarters of Canadian Facebook users say they will make at least some change to how they use the social media platform in the wake of a data mining scandal.

A year into its effort to help equip youth for the rapidly evolving workforce, one of the country's largest banks says enhancing young Canadians' human skills will be critical in navigating the mac

G7 get-together Employment Minister Patty Hajdu and Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains host the Meeting of Employment and Innovation Ministers of the G7 in Montreal on Tuesday.

Consumers who yearn for more alternatives to Canada's large wireless carriers will have to wait longer, but in the meantime the CRTC has ordered the Big Three to offer consumers the optio

Many Canadians are pledging to delete their Facebook accounts as part of an online campaign encouraging people to permanently log off the site amid mounting concerns that the social media

The United States has confirmed a breakthrough in the NAFTA negotiations unlocking a major irritant involving automobiles, while stressing that a few remaining disagreements need to be se

Royal Bank is opening up select bits of its data to external software developers in a bid to foster innovation and create new tools for consumers.

BlackBerry Ltd. is launching a new way to enhance the security of commonly-used Microsoft Corp.

When fans score tickets for events at the Burton Cummings Theatre in Winnipeg in the future, they might notice the absence of a familiar feature: that ubiquitous zebra-styled inventory tr

Nestled inside Canopy Growth Corp.'s sprawling marijuana facility outside Ottawa is a laboratory where technicians in white lab coats and h

The future, revealed Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains will announce a "major investment" in 5G technology on Monday.

BlackBerry Ltd. is extending executive chairman and chief executive John Chen's contract through to November 2023.

Canada's share of the fastest growing industry in the world has been shrinking over the last decade and a new report says it's time to step it up or miss out on a trillion-dollar opportun

Canadians are counting down to the legalization of recreational marijuana this summer, but industry players are already racing to get ahead in a potentially more lucrative market segment

The CEO of a California-based toy company says he is bidding for the Canadian operations of Toys "R" Us Inc., the U.S.

When a partial laptop ban at his Halifax cafe led to miffed patrons and headaches for staff, owner Sean Gallagher decided to do something more drastic to enforce his no-screen rule: a res

The chief executives of Canada's five biggest banks collectively earned roughly $53.6 million in the latest fiscal year, up more than seven per cent from a year earlier.

The federal government's steps to amass more public debt have helped Canadians avoid an even faster build-up of their personal debt loads, even though such household burdens have still ma

International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is rolling out a new investment agency designed to promote Canada as a destination for investors.

Competition Bureau officials searched the Toronto offices of Postmedia Network Canada Corp. and Torstar Corp.

Two of Canada's biggest internet service providers are preparing to increase their monthly subscriber prices, a move they say is justified by the investments they're making in their netwo

Looking for the next rate signal Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz speaks at the Smith School of Business at Queen's University on Tuesday.

Air Canada is looking to cut operating costs and defend against competition from upstart low-cost competitors by adding more planes to its Rouge fleet and flying them on regional routes w

Google and Facebook continue to be the juggernauts that dominate how Canadians use th

Canada appears to have dodged a protectionist bullet, as one of only two countries to receive a provisional exemption from steel and aluminum tariffs set to rip into America's trading relationships

Canada is expected to announce Friday the start of formal free trade negotiations with the four-country South American trade bloc known as Mercosur.

Canada's largest grocer believes Canadians are ready to cook with crickets and is bringing the alternative protein ingredient to grocery shelves under its President's Choice label.

The Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate target on hold Wednesday as it pointed to a climate of broadening, important unknowns around trade.

BlackBerry Ltd. is taking Facebook Inc. and its WhatsApp and Instagram subsidiaries to court in California, alleging they've infringed on several U.S.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke by phone with President Donald Trump on a day the United States revealed it might use the threat of tariffs as a negotiating tactic to force a quick NAFTA deal.

The Trump administration is coming under political pressure at home to exclude Canada from global tariffs on steel and aluminum, and while stating its preference for holding firm it's lea

Trade-war fears U.S. President Donald Trump has promised details on his proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the United States this week.

Canada's biggest banks wrapped up another solid quarter of better-than-expected results, shrugging off hefty writedowns and worries about the domestic housing market with robust growth be

The United States will impose wide-ranging tariffs on steel and aluminum, President Donald Trump declared Thursday, prompting allies to fume, stock markets to fall and analysts to fret ab

The days of answering your doorbell to find someone hawking duct-cleaning services or a new furnace will be over for Ontarians when a new law comes into effect on Thursday, but it won't s

The federal budget might have been sold on its female-friendly features, but business experts say it still falls short in solving the wage gap because the formula it uses to calculate emp

An association representing 70 per cent of Tim Hortons franchisees is threatening its parent company with legal action after

The Liberal government moved to tighten the tax rules for small businesses in the federal budget Tuesday as it fine-tuned the changes that prompted an uproar last year.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled a federal budget Tuesday that charts a clear course for the Liberals to the 2019 election, an aspirational road map designed to ensure that no woman,

International growth continues to be a boon for Canadian lenders as Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal's first-quarter earnings beat expectations, helped by brisk business in Latin

Gender equality and a national pharmacare plan are expected to be two of the cornerstones of the federal budget when it is presented in the House of Commons Tuesday afternoon by Finance M

Never-ending NAFTA: The seventh round of North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations commence in Mexico City on Monday, where fallout from the recently signed Trans-

Loblaw Companies Ltd.

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce set the tone for banks' earnings season with a dividend hike and better-than-expected first-quarter net income, helped by a boost in earnings in its

Quebec restaurants that do not have a bar licence such as Montreal's Ye Olde Orchard must sell a bowl of pasta or other small plates to patrons who just want to grab a pint of beer.

With roughly three months before a spring election, Ontario's governing Liberals are using the last legislative session to push back against any state that adopts Buy American provisions,

Some of India's biggest companies say they will invest more than $250 million in Canada, in everything from pulp mills to pharmaceuticals and the IT sector.

Labour groups and some politicians are pushing to repeal a bylaw that allows retailers north of Toronto to stay open on holidays such as Family Day.

Bread battle fallout Loblaw Co. Ltd. releases fourth-quarter and year-end results on Thursday.

Canadian Tire Corp. plans to acquire more brands into its fold this year, the company said as its fourth-quarter results topped expectations.

The federal government named the five winning bids Thursday of its high-tech "superclusters" sweepstakes that will divvy up $950 million of public funding in hope of stoking economic grow

Shopify Inc. reported a better-than-expected fourth quarter as its revenue jumped 71 per cent compared with a year ago.

A new report is adding to the growing pressure on governments to use their multibillion-dollar buying power to help support businesses run by women – and all signs suggest the Liberal gov

Ottawa-area licensed marijuana producer Canopy Growth Corp.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau will introduce the federal government's next budget on Feb. 27 as the country faces persistent uncertainty around trade and competitiveness.

President Donald Trump is complaining about Canadian trade practices while threatening some as-yet-undefined international tax that has revived fears he might be contemplating new America

Bryan Adams, Jethro Tull, Beck and the Foo Fighters are some of the headliners signed up to perform over 10 days in July at RBC Bluesfest in Ottawa.

Tim Hortons restaurants recorded a fifth consecutive quarter of sluggish sales, while its parent company Restaurant Brands International Inc.

Clarity at TMX

The Ontario government has inked a deal to use Shopify's e-commerce platform for cannabis sales online and in stores as part of its plan to be the

A top Bank of Canada official is warning about the risks related to the growing dominance of a handful of big players in the digital economy and, more specifically, their tightening grip over user

Justin Trudeau made his prime ministerial pitch to Silicon Valley on Thursday, and had a chance to push Toronto specifically as a place for Amazon's second headquarters during a private meeting wit

Canaccord Genuity's third-quarter earnings got a major lift from a flurry of deals in the Canadian cannabis sector, which helped the investment bank see its net income rise more than 500 per cent y

The employee roll at Ben Zifkin's Toronto-based startup is set to double over the coming year to handle the increase in users of his free service, a business-based social network known as Hubba.

The Trudeau government insists it's on track to legalize recreational pot in July – but whether that means it will actually be on sale by then is uncertain.

Canada's research community has long yearned for a consequential funding boost for science – and 2018 is poised to be its year.

WestJet Airlines Ltd. saw its fourth-quarter profit fall compared with a year ago as its costs rose.

North American stock indexes extended last week's slump, as the Dow Jones industrial average plunged nearly 1,600 points during Monday's trading session, bringing an end to a period of record-setti

Reading the BoC tea leaves Economists and investors will be all ears when senior deputy Bank of Canada governor Carolyn Wilkins delivers a speech in Montebello, Que., on Thursday.

Tech leaders are challenging the federal Liberal government to get serious about reaping the rewards of one of the next big frontiers in the information revolution: big data.

Long-standing problems with Canada's military procurement system are threatening to undermine the Trudeau government's vaunted defence policy, warns a new report.

The Ontario Real Estate Association is seeking feedback on whether it should push the provincial government into modernizing the real estate industry to make it more transparent.

Canada's augmented and virtual reality industries are in "desperate" need of homegrown investors to keep profits from seeping across the border and overseas, said some of the country's top innovato

At least $1.50 has been artificially baked into the price of a loaf of bread during a 16-year-long bread price-fixing conspiracy involving the country's largest bakery wholesalers and grocery retai

Just a few weeks after enraging fans with his musings about possibly moving his NHL team, Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk says he has no plans to relocate the club and remains committed to brin

Statistics Canada says the economy grew 0.4 per cent in November, helped by strength in the manufacturing sector.

Pharmacy owners are bracing for "an industry-wide impact" from lower generic drug prices coming in April, the CEO of Metro Inc., which has a deal to buy Quebec's largest pharmacy chain, said Tuesda

Facing scores of his fellow Republicans publicly pleading with him not to cancel NAFTA, U.S.

Grocer Metro Inc. reported better than expected earnings and revenue in its latest quarter.

Prominent members of Canada's entertainment industry are calling for a new federal agency to locate and shut down websites that are portals for illegally obtained video and audio content.

Grocery chain Metro Inc. will report its first-quarter results and NAFTA talks wrap up round six this week.

All signs point to the struggling print media industry getting a financial assist from the federal government in the next budget.

Former Conservative MP Royal Galipeau, who represented the Ottawa-area riding of Orleans for nearly a decade, has died at the age of 71.

Not only do Canadians have a knack for growing pot, they're also adept at sneaking it across the border, suggests a new report by Statistics Canada.

Canadians may not be quite ready to fly on a pilotless aircraft but technological advances in self-driving vehicles are already opening the door to autonomous commercial flight, an increa

Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

Ontario's Opposition leader is stepping down amid allegations of sexual misconduct, dealing a severe blow to his party just months before the province heads to the polls.

The signing of a sprawling new trade pact involving two North American countries has revealed a rift in philosophy with the continent's superpower and raised the question of whether those

Recreational pot stores could, in fact, be a value-add for nearby neighbourhoods.

More Canadians may soon be able to order their groceries online for delivery as the country's grocery wars heat up following Amazon's entry to the competitive space.

Apple Inc.'s Tim Cook visited Canada for the first time as CEO Monday, dropping in on Shopify’s Toronto office and surprising students at a downtown Apple store to highlight the importance of learn

Tech sector entrepreneurs whose Canadian cities were snubbed by Amazon in its search for a second corporate campus say they are disappoi

Time to have "the talk"? Alimentation Couche-Tard's hosts its first-ever investor day on Monday.

Toronto's status as the lone Canadian contender in the race to land Amazon's second North American headquarters could give the city a competitive advantage, one of the key players behind the bid sa

Protesters angered by some Ontario Tim Hortons franchisees who slashed workers' benefits and breaks after the province raised its minimum wage plan to spread their rallies to other areas of the cou

The largest private sector union in Canada said Wednesday it is splitting with the Canadian Labour Congress over issues which include disagreements about the rights of workers to choose what union

The federal government will give $700 million over the next five years to the Business Development Bank of Canada in a bid to grow Canada's clean technology industry.

The federal government's plan to hike excise taxes on beer every year will result in consumers paying more for the alcoholic beverage and business owners investing less in their operations, says an

The economy's impressive run prompted the Bank of Canada to raise its trend-setting interest rate Wednesday for the third time since last summer – but looking ahead it warned of growing u

A class-action lawsuit filed in a U.S.

Canada's real estate market will hit a slow patch in 2018 as tighter mortgage stress tests apply pressure and the impact could be exacerbated if an expected interest rate hike drives buyers to put

BlackBerry Ltd., a company increasingly focused on technology for the self-driving vehicle market, is making an inaugural visit to North America's biggest auto show in Detroit, where CEO

The few remaining Sears Canada stores closed their doors for good on Sunday.

Valeant headed to court Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. is scheduled to appear in U.S.

Revenue from Postmedia Network Canada Corp.'s printed publications continued to fall faster than digital revenue grew as the company re

Ontario's largest and recently privatized electricity utility has spent $9 million to redesign bills and is proposing to spend an additional $6 million on the project.

As NAFTA talks enter their most sensitive phase, a fever of speculation has broken out about whether Donald Trump might soon announce his intention to withdraw from NAFTA – and it's likel

Protesters who rallied outside Tim Hortons locations across Ontario on Wednesday roasted some franchisees for slashing workers' benefits and breaks in an effort to compensate for the prov

Companies might not be able to dodge rising minimum wages by relocating even their most mobile workforces to lower wage provinces, but higher costs could accelerate the pace of automation

Toronto-Dominion Bank is acquiring artificial intelligence startup Layer 6 AI for an undisclosed amount as financial services companies increasingly look to tap the technology's potential

Signs announcing price increases and letters to employees slashing benefits have grown rampant in Ontario, revealing two very different approaches businesses have gravitated toward in the

Canadian companies are more upbeat about the future than they were three months ago with firms planning to boost investment and to hire more workers, according to the Bank of Canada's lat

CIBC has signed a deal to acquire Wellington Financial as part of its plan to grow its business in the fast-moving technology sector.

Bank of Canada reveals business outlook The central bank's quarterly survey of companies is released on Monday, and will hopefully provide a clearer picture of Canada'

The premier of Ontario lashed out at the children of Tim Hortons' billionaire co-founders on Thursday for

An air passenger rights advocate is suing the Canadian Transportation Agency and Air Transat over decisions related to incidents in Ott

Employees at the Tim Hortons locations owned by the children of the co-founders of the franchise say they have reduced employee benefits and cut back paid breaks to help offset Ontario's

Canadians last year purchased more than two million vehicles for the first time thanks to record sales of light trucks.

Chinese search-engine giant Baidu Inc. has selected BlackBerry Ltd.

An Ottawa-based firm has been tapped by the federal government for a three-month pilot project designed to look for warning signs for suicide before tragedy strikes.

Canadian initial public offerings rebounded last year from their worst performance in nearly two decades in 2016 as $5.1 billion in proceeds were generated with the prospect for a strong

Some Canadian companies that earn a high share of their revenues in the United States stand to save big from a large reduction in the corporate tax rate, say industry experts.

Heritage Minister Melanie Joly is the first to acknowledge Canada 150 had its share of ups and downs.

No mortgage for you As of Jan. 1, shopping for a mortgage will become more difficult thanks to new rules from Canada's federal financial regulator.

Mother Nature drowned out Canada Day on Parliament Hill and now she might freeze out New Year's Eve.

Christmas is a time of giving, but it can also be an occasion for receiving less-than-desirable presents.

Once thought of as a distant fantasy, autonomous trucks are moving towards commercial reality on Canadian highways as companies look to boost productivity amid a driver shortage and gover

Crow Smith greets the deliveryman to unload a pile of packages from his truck.

The United States Congress has adopted a major tax bill that has sweeping implications for the American economy, politics, national debt, and its neighbour, Canada.

This holiday season, cocktail hour could really suck for the straw industry.

BlackBerry Ltd. (TSX:BB) lost US$275 million in its third quarter, although its revenue and adjusted earnings were better than analysts were expecting.

The federal government is going to stop buying internal combustion cars for cabinet ministers starting next year, a new federal environment plan says.

Although the cost to build solar power has plummeted over the last decade, a new report suggests Canadians aren't rushing use the sun to make electricity.

Canopy Growth Corp. has signed a joint-venture deal with Les Serres Stephane Bertrand Inc., a large-scale tomato greenhouse operator in Quebec.

The country's cannabis black market was worth as much as $6.2 billion in 2015 – nearly as much as the wine market, a new report by Statistics Canada estimates.

Canada's major wireless carriers are apologizing for long customer service wait times as consumers scramble to cash in on limited time promotional offers.

On a weekend celebrating the game of hockey in the nation's capital, Ottawa Senators owner

Grocery stores across the country are cashing in on the demise of the penny, according to a young researcher at the University of British Columbia.

Bombardier-Boeing battle: The bitter dispute between Bombardier and Boeing will enter a critical phase Monday, when the two aerospace rivals appear before the U.S.

Sky-high debt loads are one of the central bank governor's top concerns, he said Thursday after data showed the amount Canadians owe relative to their income hit a new high in the third quarter.

Canadian supporters of "net neutrality" say a U.S.

The federal government released more details this week on changes to its controversial tax proposals in hopes of further addressing deep concerns over reforms that have angered the small-

Canadians are eating out more and can expect to pay extra to do so in 2018, suggests a forward-looking report into food prices.

The long road to replacing Canada's aging fighter jets took a surprising turn Tuesday as the federal Liberal government added a caveat to its latest battle of the bidders: contenders deemed to be h

WestJet and Delta Air Lines plan to form a joint venture that will enhance transborder service and deepen the relationship between the two companies.

Air Canada (TSX:AC) and Air China Ltd. say they will be expanding their mutual codeshare services in time for the 2018 Canada-China Year of Tourism.

The federal government's economic advisers are calling for more changes aimed at driving business investment and helping Canadians acquire new skills as they brace for the march of technology and i

Canopy Growth Corp. will have the first privately run legal weed stores announced in Canada under a landmark deal to supply and produce pot

Todd Bailey is fed up with delivery companies that drop his online purchases at his door.

Bombardier investor day: Shareholders will have a chance to question Bombardier executives next week in New York about the company's plans for 2018 after a turbulent 2017

Canadian beverage retailer DavidsTea is evaluating strategic options, including a possible sale, and eyeing store closures after a weaker-than-expected third quarter.

Technological advances in artificial intelligence are fuelling a new race between hackers and those toiling to protect cybersecurity networks.

BlackBerry Ltd.

Ontario electricity ratepayers are paying millions for power generators' ineligible expenses – including scuba gear and raccoon traps – and are footing the bill for large industrial compa

The Bank of Canada is sticking with its trend-setting interest rate, but it's sending out fresh, yet cautious, warnings that increases are likely on the way.

Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B) is reportedly considering the sale of such assets as baseball's Toronto Blue Jays and a stake in media company Cogeco Inc.

Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy Growth Corp.

Bank of Montreal raised its quarterly dividend as it reported its fourth-quarter profit slipped compared with a year ago, hurt by reinsurance claims related to hurricanes Irma, Maria and Harvey.

Marijuana producer Aphria Inc. announced it has entered a five-year agreement to supply pharmacy chain Shoppers Drug Mart with medical cannabis.

Ontario is envisioning a future in which millions of electric vehicles are on the roads, but analysts predict consumer uptake will remain far off the government target for 2020, despite tens of mil

Trans Mountain melee continues: Oral submissions continue next week as the National Energy Board considers a motion from Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC, which argues that the City of

Bell is launching a new discount pre-paid wireless brand, Lucky Mobile. The service will initially be available in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia starting Dec. 4.

Air Transat failed its passengers during a sweltering, hours-long ordeal aboard two of its grounded aircraft this summer, a federal age

Parks Canada runs 47 national parks and 170 national heritage sites, in every province and territory.

As banks work to fortify their cybersecurity defences amidst a growing number of data breaches, they are also exploring the promise of so-called "open banking," a concept that could final

Canadians are putting in more effort in the classroom, additional time on the job and extra teeth-gnashing minutes on the road getting to and from work, Statistics Canada says in the late

The first two of four big Canadian banks reported year-end earnings this week, as both Scotiabank and Royal Bank of Canada saw an uptick in Q4 profits.

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear a landmark case on provincial beer and liquor monopolies, a new poll indicates Canadians overwhelmingly want to tear down trade barriers to alcohol – an

Canada's competition watchdog says it will review a deal between Torstar Corp. and Postmedia Network Inc. announced Monday to sell newspapers to each other and close most of them down.

Four out of the Big Five reporting

Canada celebrated its 150th birthday in 2017 but it was the tourism industry that got to collect the presents.

The Sobeys grocery business will be cutting about 800 office jobs across Canada as part of efforts to create one efficient national organization out of five regional operations, the compa

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's support of "net neutrality" is encouraging but the concept should be enshrined in federal law to protect it from being dismantled, an open-internet activist said Thu

The $5.6-million skating rink constructed on the east lawn of Parliament Hill will remain open to the public until the end of February – not just for three weeks as initially planned.

The Competition Bureau is investigating allegations that prices on some merchandise were marked up ahead of the liquidation sales at Sears Canada that began last month, the court-appointe

Metro Inc.

Health Canada offered hints Tuesday about the government's plans for legal pot, including, plain packaging and stern, stark health warnings like those found on tobacco products.

The federal government's chronic salary struggles will take more time and more dollars than the three years and $540 million projected to fix the snafu-stricken Phoenix public service pay system, t

Nebraska regulators approved passage of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline Monday, clearing the last major regulatory hurdle for the controversial $10-billion project but creating a new w

Bell Media is laying off employees, including prominent on-air personalities, at radio and TV stations across Canada. However, the company won't say how many, who or where.

College faculty in Ontario head back to their schools today, after a five-week strike was ended over the weekend with back-to-work legislation.

Notley goes to bat for Trans Mountain

In an increasingly digital world, most Canadians still carry physical money in their wallets and favour cash payments, especially for smaller sums, according to a new report by Canada's central ban

Canopy Growth Corp. of Smiths Falls, Ont., has formed a joint venture to share ownership of the Agripharm indoor growing operation in Creemore, Ont., with Amsterdam-based Green House Brands.

Ontario's striking college faculty voted Thursday to reject a contract offer and continue their nearly five-week job action.

What is nearly imperceptible, leaks important secrets and can keep Canada's top bankers up at night? A cyberattack.

Give us a year, and we'll build a working replacement for the trouble-plagued Phoenix pay system, one of the country's biggest civil service unions told the Trudeau Liberals on Tuesday.

Ontario will slash small business taxes and offer millions in incentives aimed at easing the transition to an increasing minimum wage as the province's Liberal government heads for a spring electio

Canada's largest licensed marijuana producer reported a $1.3-million loss in its latest quarter despite doubling its revenue compared with a year ago, sending its shares lower in Tuesday trading.

The Canada Revenue Agency is seeking information from three Canadian banks about customer transactions linked to a major Israeli financial institution as part of a federal crackdown on offshore tax

Shoppers Drug Mart is looking to hire a medical marijuana brand manager as it tries to position itself in the burgeoning cannabis market, even though it is not currently legal to distribute the dru

Ride-hailing company Lyft is bringing its service to Canada. The company announced Monday that it is coming to Toronto in what will be its first expansion outside of the United States.

Looking for Jordan: The case resumes Wednesday against several former SNC-Lavalin and hospital executives charged with fraud in Montreal.

New parents planning to begin parental leave on or after Dec.

Talks towards salvaging a Pacific Rim trade pact this weekend lost steam Friday as several countries, including Canada, expressed enough concerns that leaders cancelled a scheduled meeting to discu

Quebec will forge ahead with plans to tax Netflix with or without the support of the federal government, the province's finance minister has said in a letter to his federal counterpart.

A coalition of licensed marijuana producers are urging Canadian, provincial and territorial governments to adopt looser advertising guidelines such as allowing for promotion of brands, going agains

The federal government is embarking on a regulatory overhaul to crack down on harassment in federal workplaces, from Parliament Hill to the telecom industry.

Customers at Shoppers Drug Mart or any of Loblaw Companies Ltd.'s grocery stores will soon use a new, unified loyalty program that replaces Optimum and PC Plus points.

Telecom and media giant BCE Inc. says it will buy Canadian home security service AlarmForce Industries Inc. in a deal worth about $166 million.

Canadian negotiators are pushing for three key changes to the original Trans-Pacific Partnership as leaders of the remaining countries interested in reviving the controversial treaty prepare to mee

The Canada Revenue Agency says it won't hesitate to investigate new evidence of offshore tax evasion in the wake of a second massive leak of tax haven financial records.

Economic update: Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz will speak at a conference co-hosted by CFA Montreal and the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on Tuesday.

Striking faculty and the council representing Ontario's 24 colleges resumed bargaining talks Thursday as pressure mounts to end the labour dispute that's left half a million students out of class f

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that the company is serious about preventing abuse and that its investments in keeping "problematic content" off its social network will affect

Allegations of price fixing in the bread aisles of major grocers are "shocking" and "bizarre," analysts said Wednesday as more companies came forward to reveal they are co-operating with

The Canadian economy hit reverse in August, its first monthly pullback since October last year.

A new report says just five per cent of Canadian technology companies have a female founder and a similar fraction have a woman as CEO, figures which suggest the industry's gender diversity is lagg

The Royal Canadian Mint says a phoney gold bar sold to a jeweller by an Ottawa bank may have looked like the real thing, but was actually a counterfeit.

WestJet Airlines Ltd. saw its third-quarter profit grow by about 20 per cent compared with a year ago as it increased capacity and traffic.

Constellation Brands has signed a deal to acquire a nearly 10 per cent stake in Canopy Growth Corp.

The federal Liberals plan to shift just over $2 billion in planned infrastructure spending to future years, reflecting slower-than-anticipated spending on the file, The Canadian Press has learned.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau predicts a monument in Ottawa to the 125th anniversary of the Stanley Cup will become a major attraction in the national capital.

Shopify's CEO addresses claims from what he called a "short-selling troll" and other stories to watch in Canadian business this week.

The Grey Cup is still a month away but organizers say the game is sold out.

Senior officials at the Department of National Defence are admitting that they will be challenged to make good on the Trudeau government's promise to buy billions of dollars in new military equipme

A deal between one of Canada's oldest retailers and a fast-growing U.S.

Shares of retailer Roots Corp. had a less-than-stellar initial public offering, plummeting more than 16 per cent on the stock's first day of trading.

Aecon Group Inc. (TSX:ARE) has signed a deal to be acquired by CCCC International Holding Ltd.

The Bank of Canada left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday following two straight hikes but suggested future increases are still likely, albeit at a more gradual pace.

Not everyone wants to own a home these days, Evan Siddall concedes – not even his own millennial-age son.

The Trudeau government is dedicating about a third of the windfall it's expecting from Canada's surprisingly strong economy towards investments, tax relief and new spending on social programs to su

Retailers are racing to adopt new technologies, like the self-scanner Walmart has rolled out in 22 Canadian stores, to stay competitive in a challenging industry.

A new website that lets travellers bypass travel agents and pocket commissions has ceased operations in Ontario after the province's travel regulator claimed the site violates provincial

Rate hike decision: A cooling economy is dampening expectations that the Bank of Canada will hike the overnight rate on Wednesday.

Sears Canada began its liquidation sales at its remaining stores across the country Thursday, but many shoppers found the deals to be un

Fans of rock star, poet and Canadian troubadour Gord Downie began flooding social media with heartfelt tributes as soon as word emerged that the singer had died.

It's like a technology-themed reality TV dating show.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has scaled back one of the most contentious elements of the Trudeau government's tax-reform plan in yet another effort to calm infuriated small business owne

The NAFTA countries haven't broken up. But they are publicly bickering. They are delaying their next get-together date.

Licensed marijuana producer Aphria Inc.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is laying off 500 of its office workers, but the company says it still expects to create more jobs than it eliminates this year.

European aircraft giant Airbus Group is shaking up the global airline business by buying a majority stake in Bombardier's CSeries program and assembling the plane in the U.S.

Faculty at 24 Ontario colleges went on strike late Sunday, affecting more than 500,000 students.

Justin Trudeau will belatedly honour his campaign promise to cut the small business tax rate to nine per cent as his government scrambles to undo the damage from weeks of controversy over

Weekly stats: Statistics Canada has a busy week ahead and will release data on Canada's international transactions in securities for August; investment in non-residential

Sears Canada has received court approval to proceed with a full liquidation of its remaining stores, signalling the end of an era for a

The NAFTA talks have now entered their most difficult phase with the United States beginning to drop its bombshell proposals on the negotiating table at a just-begun fourth round outside

Beeru Mannan owns two Freshii locations in British Columbia with his brother, and the duo plan to open another pair of the chain's restaurants in the province next year.

Canopy Growth Corp.

The union representing faculty at Ontario's 24 public colleges has set a strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 16.

Stephen Harper broke his public silence on current events by offering a gloomy assessment on the state of international trade, describing anti-trade sentiment in the U.S.

The federal government has announced a short list of nine so-called supercluster proposals that could qualify for a piece of a $950-million federal fund the government hopes will boost th

Sears Canada Inc.

Canada's remaining independent breweries know they can't compete with the economies of scale and marketing capabilities of global conglomerates, so they're concentrating on winning custom

Trudeau hits the road: The prime minister heads to Washington Tuesday to discuss security and trade with U.S.

A critical report about the federal government's problem-plagued pay system says officials underestimated the project's complexity and seemed to ignore warning signs before giving it the

Some Canadian information technology companies are pushing back at warnings that the personal information of Canadians is being compromised in the renegotiation of the North American Free

TransCanada has cancelled plans for the Energy East pipeline and Eastern Mainline projects that were to take Alberta oilsands production to Quebec and New Brunswick.

Shopify's (TSX:SHOP) stock plunged for a second day before recovering most of Thursday's losses,

Sears Canada has just over a week to assess another revised bid from a buyer group led by its executive chairman as its lenders press for liquidation of the embattled retailer that could start as e

Citron Research, an online stock commentary website whose reports have previously moved the direction of shares for the likes of Valeant and BlackBerry, claims the Ottawa-based firm's business model…

Toronto-Dominion Bank is opening a new office in Tel Aviv to tap Israel's cybersecurity talent as companies of all stripes race to fortify their defences amid mounting threats.

Canada's housing agency is looking to an unlikely ally in a bid to boost the stock of affordable rental housing: Airbnb.

With its public outreach winding down, the Trudeau government received fresh warnings this week from major industry associations about the negative fallout from its controversial tax-refo

Canada's largest real-estate trust says it's planning to sell about $2 billion worth of properties – primarily open-air malls or power centres – in secondary markets across the country.

Some of the biggest names in tech are lining up to join Canada's burgeoning artificial intelligence sector, but harnessing the sector's

Bombardier's no good, very bad week: After having its CSeries jets slapped with a 219 per cent duty by the U.S.

The Canadian government's new cultural strategy all but snubs so-called legacy media, industry experts say, and left out some key measures that could have given a boost to struggling newspapers exp

Finance Minister Bill Morneau tried to reassure farmers Thursday that Ottawa's controversial tax proposals, if introduced, wouldn't impair their ability to bequeath the family farm to the next gene

BlackBerry Ltd.

Another Canadian grocery store and pharmacy chain conglomerate could be on the horizon as Metro Inc.

An agreement that Netflix will invest at least $500 million in original productions in Canada is set to be part of a long-awaited reboot of Canada's cultural policy.

WestJet says that its new no-frills, lower-fare airline will be named Swoop. The Calgary-based company (TSX:WJA) has been gradually revealing details of its new carrier since April.

Ontario's plan to hike minimum wage to $15 an hour will cost the province's economy as many as 90,000 jobs by 2020, according to a new report from TD Bank.

Bombardier's hopes for breaking into the U.S. commercial aviation market took a massive blow on Tuesday, as the U.S.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Canada's small-and-medium sized businesses to embrace globalization and help deepen what he termed the "Canada-China friendship" by exploring the market pote

Published reports say ride-hailing company Uber could be about to cease operations in Quebec.

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:

As Transcontinental sells off its weekly newspaper portfolio, many of its former employees are jumping at the chance to get into the publishing business by snapping up the publications.

Jon Levy's favourite playthings as a Toronto child growing up in the 1960s and 1970s included Lego blocks and fort-building kits – classics that still fly off the shelves of his Mastermind Toy stor