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Canadian and international business news relevant to local business leaders here in Ottawa. Includes stories related to inflation, interest rates, employment, major government announcements and more.

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week

More bank earnings BMO Financial Group releases its fourth-quarter and year-end results on Tuesday and National Bank of...

Trump to kill old NAFTA to push Congress to approve USMCA

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

Statistics Canada says pace of Canadian economic growth slowed in third quarter

The pace of economic growth in Canada slowed in the third quarter as business investment spending moved...

Feds remove regulatory barriers to trade, hope provinces will follow suit

The federal government is taking immediate steps to remove some regulatory barriers to trade across the country,...

‘Baby Boomer’ retirements will cause a huge wave of business transfers: CFIB

Approaching "baby boomer" retirements will result in a huge transfer of business ownership over the next five...

Senate passes back to work bill, putting end to rotating postal strikes

Mail service will resume all across the country at noon Tuesday after the Senate passed legislation ordering...

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week

Maybe not pot Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. will release its second-quarter results on Tuesday. The company's chairman said in...

General Motors to close Oshawa plant, affecting thousands of jobs: source

The union representing workers at the General Motors assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., are promising "one hell...

Canadian banks look to in-house hackers to improve and test cybersecurity

Hackers are targeting Toronto-Dominion Bank's internal systems at all hours using cutting-edge techniques, but the bank's head...

‘We will fight’ in court if back to work legislation passes, postal union warns

The Trudeau government introduced legislation Thursday that could see striking Canada Post employees forced back to work,...
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