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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

The House is back The House of Commons resumes sitting on Monday. The Trudeau government is expected to...

Canada Post labour dispute looms following union vote

Canada's labour minister called on Canada Post and its biggest union Tuesday to continue bargaining with the...

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week

Roots earnings Roots Corp. releases and discusses second-quarter results on Wednesday. The Toronto-based retailer said in June that...

Bank of Canada puts more focus on NAFTA amid rate hike pause

The Bank of Canada's decision to leave its interest rate unchanged Wednesday could be just a brief...

$1,000,000,000,000: Amazon becomes second U.S. firm to reach trillion-dollar market cap

Amazon on Tuesday became the second publicly traded company to be worth US$1 trillion, hot on the...

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week

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

Marriott, Airbnb see opportunity in selling ‘experiences’

Hotel and home-sharing companies don't just want to sell you a room anymore. They also want to...

Uncertainty looms over Canada’s cannabis tourism, but ambitions are high

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

Feds lose key Trans Mountain court case, but push ahead with pipeline

A court has overturned the federal government’s approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, halting construction...

Trudeau and Trump both hopeful they will reach a NAFTA deal by Friday

The fresh round of U.S.-Canada negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement generated hopeful signals from...
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