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.
Canadian banks wrap up solid quarter with TD beating expectations
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
Trump vows to lower tariff hammer on steel, aluminum; Canada braces for impact
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
Ontario bans door-to-door sales of most products
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
Budget’s second parent leave formula favours men over women: experts
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
Tim Hortons franchisees threaten litigation after cash register outages
An association representing 70 per cent of Tim Hortons franchisees is threatening its parent company with legal action after a computer virus caused intermittent cash
Budget 2018: Feds tighten tax rules for small businesses and passive income
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
Budget 2018: Liberals focus on women, science with eye to 2019 election
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
Scotiabank, BMO Q1 earnings beat expectations on international lift
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
Liberals take aim at 2019 election with budget to focus on gender equality
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
At the Olympics, fans became walking corporate billboards
He didn’t get the hashtag quite right on the first try, so they withheld the free stuffed bear he waited in line a half-hour to
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