Although overall bookings remain below pre-pandemic levels, customer interest began to increase in June with the elimination of quarantines for fully vaccinated returning Canadians and the removal of…

Cohen is a lawyer, lobbyist and fundraiser who currently serves as a senior adviser to the head of U.S. communications giant Comcast.

Cointreau wants any profits Canopy made on products with the allegedly infringing trademarks and for the cannabis company to cover its costs and attorneys fees.

Air travellers will no longer be required to spend the first three nights of their quarantine at a government-approved hotel.

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Ahead of lifting restrictions on gyms and indoor restaurant dining, Ford also said his government isn't planning to develop a provincial “vaccine passport” similar to one announced in Quebec to…

The central bank said it expects the economy to grow 6% in 2021, down from its previous forecast of 6.5%

Higher shipping costs are making nearshoring and onshoring much more attractive.

Added competition stemming from the carrier’s growth to Toronto Pearson airport will be good news for travellers, analyst says

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Black entrepreneurs say they face extra challenges in an industry notorious for low margins, high staff turnover and long hours.

The project also proposes new high-frequency rail stations along the corridor and plans to reduce trip times by 25 per cent.

Ottawa firm says that as of Aug. 1 it won't take any share of the first $1 million in revenue developers make every year on products they design for the company's software.

Minister McKenna says as she leaves politics she will use what platform she has to push for climate action and an end to the hateful comments and personal abuse targeting public figures.

Ottawa-based firm's net revenue totalled $22.7 million, up from $22.1 million in the same quarter last year.

Move fuelled by increase in vaccinations, decline in COVID-19 cases and easing of governments restrictions.

Smiths Falls-based cannabis firm reported a net loss of nearly $700 million in its fourth quarter, down from a loss of $1.3 billion in the same quarter last year.

The CRTC reversed a 2019 decision that lowered the rates smaller providers such as TekSavvy pay to piggyback on the networks of larger cable and phone companies.

Executives from the country's most prominent banks faced questions from analysts Thursday about what they'd do with all the cash they are sitting on.

LRT projects in Ottawa and Gatineau among the mass transit opportunities in Canada attracting attention.

Large companies are overcorrecting by ordering huge quantities of chips to keep as inventory, exacerbating the shortage.

CEO of Ottawa-based firm says arrangement would leverage Hexo's technology to help multi-state operators boost their product quality and margins while lowering costs.

Step one of the province's reopening plan will see some non-essential retail reopen with 15% capacity limits.

Recreational outdoor facilities would remain closed to limit mobility and other behaviour that could contribute to the spread of the virus.

Ottawa to lose intercity bus connections to several cities

Paper Excellence, which acquired Catalyst Paper Corp. in 2019, will invest in Domtar's assets for long-term growth.

'The current mandatory hotel quarantine for arrivals has proven ineffective,' CEO says as airline posts $1.3B first-quarter loss.

Drug companies and a number of world leaders argue the measure would only slow down production.

Higher deficits and debt in the coming years could limit the ability of a government to introduce any new, permanent programs without spending cuts or tax increases.

In a bid to win back loyal customers and attract new ones, MEC is rolling out new membership benefits that include discounts on services, exclusive promotions and access to outdoor activity and…

The study also found that Canadians have a high ability to detect whether a brand demonstrates a short-lived act of compassion to take advantage of the pandemic.

Figures suggest economic activity can quickly bounce back when the virus is contained.

'American tax dollars are going to be used to buy American products, made in America, to create American jobs.'

Province will give employers up to $200 a day for what they pay out through the program.

Central bank pulls forward its expectations for when the economy will be strong enough to handle a rise in rates.

The Liberals are extending rent and wage programs while at the same time phasing in hiring subsidies, microgrants to help companies move online and allowances for capital investment expenditures.

New measures include reducing capacity limits in essential retail stores and shutting down non-essential construction sites.

Critics say the federal Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit has had poor uptake because it is more akin to the government's employment insurance program than paid sick days.

Purchase marks Canopy's latest move as it watches to see whether the U.S. loosens laws around marijuana following the election of President Joe Biden.

Agreement will see 30 million masks delivered to the federal government and 25 million to Ontario each year for the next five years.

NFTs are essentially a tool that uses blockchain technology to provide proof of ownership of a digital asset.

Cautious projections stand in contrast to expectations among some of a rebound in economic activity later this year.

The Canadian cannabis market has seen a wave of consolidation.

Across the river, Gatineau was among the Quebec cities moved into a lockdown Thursday.

'The first quarter of 2021 is shaping out to be a very good one for Canada.'

While many retailers have struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lululemon's sales have remained strong as people working from home purchase more comfortable attire.

But company executives argued that they should combine their assets and focus spending on a new generation of networks during a race to bring faster wireless and internet to rural as well as urban…

The ruling means higher costs for both consumers and industry

Significant price increases and overvaluation are causing housing sectors in Ottawa and other major Canadian cities to face “high” levels of vulnerability.

New provincial budget tabled Wednesday projects Ontario will run a deficit of $26.2 billion next year and $18.7 billion in 2023-24.

It will be the first federal budget in more than two years after the government opted not to introduce one in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in Canada.

Cornwall and Kingston are among the communities covered by the project

Gyms, retailers, event venues, bars and restaurants must further reduce their capacity.

Ottawa-based cannabis firm reported a loss of $20.8 million in its latest quarter, compared with a loss of $298.2 million in the same period in 2020.

It can take oil producers a while to ramp up production, especially after some smaller producers shut down or went bust during the depths of shutdowns last year.

Deal builds on the company's recent acquisition of Farm Boy.

Telecom firms are fierce combatants in the wireless sector.

The growth in the value of real estate also pushed the net worth of homeowners higher.

Canadians have accumulated an average of $5,800 in extra savings as spending dropped over the last year while many businesses were closed or faced restrictions.

The central bank says its key interest rate target will stay at 0.25% until the economy recovers and inflation is back at its 2% comfort zone, which it doesn't see happening until 2023.

Cannabis company says it remains on the path to profitability in the coming fiscal year.

The comments came ahead of a Bank of Canada interest rate announcement Wednesday that is expected to reveal how the central bank is thinking about the economy and setting interest rates.

The government said under the current plan, seniors aged 75 and older will start getting the shot in April, while everyone 60 and older will receive the first dose by the end of May or early June, if…

The new flat rate method is quick and easy, but using the detailed method may yield a better outcome, depending on your circumstances

Company becomes the first domestic scheduled airline to permanently shut down since the start of the pandemic.

Statistics Canada said the economy grew at an annualized rate of 9.6% over the last three months of 2020

The L3Harris military training business includes Link Simulation & Training, Doss Aviation and AMI.

Sum compares to a deficit of $11 billion in the same period a year earlier.

While nearly half of all homes trading hands in the capital sold for less than $400,000 in 2019, less than a third of all transactions last year were in that price bracket, agency says.

Survey suggests the average small business owner has accrued $170,000 in debt, with businesses in the hospitality, recreation and service sectors most indebted.

Investment highlights how COVID-19 and the increasing prevalence of remote work are changing residential and commercial patterns across Canada.

The growing co-operation between the two countries comes as Facebook backed down on a ban it introduced last week that prevented Australians from viewing and sharing news on its platform.

Canadian bank leaders will likely give analysts insight on how the economy is recovering in different sectors, such as mortgage borrowing, credit card spending and small business loans.

Some salons are looking to hire extra help to keep up with the hundreds of bookings that have piled up since January.

The longer price weaknesses prevail across the country, the longer interest rates are likely to stay low

Ottawa-based e-commerce firm's revenue totalled US$977.7 million, up from US$505.2 million in the last quarter of 2019.

The companies believe the deal will help Ottawa-based cannabis producer access the European medical cannabis market through Zenabis' partnerships.

The loss amounted to $2.43 per diluted share for the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a loss of $109.6 million or 26 cents per share a year earlier.

Mississauga-based Aegis Brands didn't disclose Second Cup's sale price but said it includes $14 million in cash, plus a post-closing earn-out.

A growing number of freelance interpreters are taking time off from work.

'Canada's rabbi' co-founded Kindness Week in Ottawa and spearheaded many events aimed at promoting tolerance and understanding among people of different faiths.

'Most people would agree cramming 6,000 people into one confined space is not a good idea at this time,' mayor says.

But no spectators will be allowed inside the arena to watch in person, according to a media report.

Ottawa-based e-commerce company said it terminated stores affiliated with the U.S. president because his actions contravened Shopify's policies.

Pandemic is making continuity and high performance more important.

'That's going to be hundreds of dollars of new CPP premiums out of paycheques of middle-income Canadians'

The pandemic has affected wine exports in all international markets.

Travel agents say they see an important role for themselves as guides for their customers in a confusing and rapidly changing landscape.

NAC is thinking on a more local scale, rather than counting on productions with international artists or even those from other regions in Canada who might face travel restrictions.

The Smiths Falls-based cannabis producer will also increase ownership in Quebec greenhouse joint venture Vert Mirabel.

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Canadian households owed an average of $1.71 for every dollar of disposable income in the third quarter, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

Domestic travel is likely to take priority even after vaccinations begin.

The Ottawa-area pot producer says it will end operations at sites in St. John's, Fredericton, Edmonton, Bowmanville, Ont. and at an outdoor grow facility in Saskatchewan.

Rising bread, meat and vegetable prices are expected to lead the overall food price increase of three to five per cent

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Both WSP and Golder have a significant presence in Ottawa.

Lansdowne Park, Carleton University and the University of Ottawa among venues.

Bank earned nearly $3.25B for the quarter ended Oct. 31, up from nearly $3.21B a year earlier.

The government wants to bring the wage subsidy back to 75% of business payroll costs and extend the business rent subsidy to mid-March.

Join the Ottawa Board of Trade, the Ottawa Business Journal and its partners for a virtual event that will provide a prognosis on Canada’s economic health.

Planned increase is part of a multi-year plan to boost retirement benefits through the public plan by increasing contributions over time.

Ottawa reported 23 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday.

Cirque was forced to cancel its shows earlier this year and cut nearly 3,500 employees due to the pandemic.

Interim pact is a placeholder that buys Canada and Britain another year to reach a more comprehensive agreement.

Increased revenue from parcel shipping failed to compensate for higher pandemic-related costs

The pandemic and the demands of raising children are likely to blame for the exit of women from the workforce, while men are benefiting from growth in the science, technology, engineering and math…

Nationally, rising food prices push annual rate of inflation 0.7% higher in October

Financial institutions must better gauge what risks they face from extreme weather, or rough transitions to a low-carbon economy, Macklem says.

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To lure moviegoers back, the company will heavily market affordable private theatre rentals ahead of the holiday season

Privacy commissioner calls for legislation to regulate the use and development of AI systems.

A new round of $500-a-week benefits for the unemployed has since been put in place and extended to next summer.

Smiths Falls firm believes legalization initiatives passed in Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota will be good for business and the cannabis culture at large.

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Gaining a U.S. toehold could be a step to reversing layoffs hitting cannabis companies, Canadian pot producers say.

Starting Jan. 1, 2021, the change will see industrial businesses save 14% and commercial businesses save 16% on their average bill.

The most vulnerable industries to the election results are those in the oil and gas, raw materials, agriculture and tech sectors that depend on or have heightened levels of interaction with the U.S.

Measures are meant to ensure online streaming platforms experiencing booming revenues face the same regulations as traditional broadcasters, which have seen profits decline in recent years.

A new colour-coded system will determine when and to what extent coronavirus restrictions are placed on parts of the province.

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Pot producer says plan aimed at avoiding a delisting of its shares from the NYSE is in the best interests of the company and its shareholders.

Central bank holds overnight rate target at 0.25%, which is where it will stay until the economy has recovered.

The retailer is seeking a declaration that it does not have to pay rent until the landlord fixes the issues

Trudeau said it would be premature to lock in a spending anchor while the country is still dealing with the pandemic.

Montreal-based retailer has spent much of the COVID-19 pandemic trying to refinance or sell its business to a third party that would keep it in operation.

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Wireless service revenue fell nine per cent from the third quarter of 2019, mainly due to less overage revenue.

Vittoria Trattoria plans to fight $880 fine levied last week for not having enough patio tent panels open.

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Project real GDP decline of 6.8% is better than expected, but would still be the largest annual drop on record.

Customers can pay to have their names on a theatre wall, as well as on couches, above emergency exits and even bathroom stalls.

Claims of unpaid rent include $875,680 at Les Promenades Gatineau.

The airline had already reduced the frequency of flights between Ottawa and the Nova Scotia city from once daily to twice weekly during the pandemic.

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Agents and brokers can still follow safety precautions for private showings, which involve less risk than an afternoon drop-in model.

Agreement will have a significant impact on the industry's supply chain, Trudeau said from Ford's connectivity and innovation centre in Kanata.

Newly announced Nature Foundation is an independent charitable organization to support the museum's collections, research and education.

BDC survey says the top priority of business owners is getting their financial houses in order, including reducing operating costs and improving cash flow.

Program aims to bring business, academic institutions and other non-profits together for research projects that could have economic benefits.

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Despite a struggle with sluggish sales, inventory issues and increasing online competition, the severity of the retailer's financial woes and its decision to sell came as a surprise to members.

Bank has been criticized for the relatively few investments it has made thus far.

Gains have been linked to the loosening of restrictions that forced non-essential businesses to close this spring, but haven't been enough to haul the economy back to pre-pandemic levels.

Morneau Shepell forecasts national average salary increase will be about 1.6% including freezes – down from 2.4% average increase in 2019.

Additionally, chief executive Tobias Lütke says he will add the role of chief product officer to his existing duties.

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'Time is of the essence,' Canadian Airports Council president says.

Fund will offer productions a maximum compensation of $1.5 million in the case of a temporary interruption and $3 million in the case of a complete shutdown of production.

BlackBerry executive chairman John Chen says the sequential and year-over-year revenue growth this quarter exceeded the company's expectations despite the ongoing challenges from COVID-19.

Liberals emphasize climate change, economic inequality and systemic racism, but say not much can be done if the COVID-19 pandemic is not brought under control.

Ottawa-based tech firm says fewer than 200 merchants whose stores were illegitimately accessed are at risk of having had their customer data exposed.

Experts say shifts in consumer behaviour mean lengthy backorders are more likely to arise on discretionary items such as patio heaters.

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"It's a pretty sharp pullback after some explosive growth in retail spending in June."

'Our sectors are different – we cannot offer curbside pickup, e-commerce or pivot to manufacturing new products.'

Elsewhere, testing and laboratory firm Dynacare – which has more than two dozen locations in the National Capital Region – says it is developing plans for "the initial rollout" of saliva-based tests.

Pharmacies across the province will be allowed to conduct COVID-19 tests to increase capacity; Ottawa reports 61 new cases.

Consumer demand has held up better than expected over the summer, which has allowed for price growth in some categories as well as letting businesses pass on additional costs, economist says.

Canadian Armed Forces was previously hit by deep cuts when the federal government struggled to balance the books in both the 1990s and early 2010s.

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The airline's acquisition by Air Canada looks increasingly uncertain.

Bell, Rogers appeals rejected

Central bank holds key interest rate at 0.25%

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Cannabis company says cuts affect employees at its Niagara-on-the-Lake and Smiths Falls locations.

This is the second time Rogers has been rebuffed in a move to wade into the Quebec market.

Council of Canadian Innovators suggests avoiding traditional recovery tools like massive construction spending in favour of addressing shortfalls in the knowledge-based economy.

While Canada Emergency Business Account program is being extended until the end of October, the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program ended Aug. 31.

Quintet has a standing offer with the federal government to investigate complaints of workplace harassment.

Privy Council Office is looking for an executive search firm to create and maintain the list of candidates from minority groups who could be considered for deputy minister and assistant deputy…

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GDP contracted at an annualized rate of 38.7%, the worst posting for the economy dating back to when comparable data was first recorded in 1961.

The Big Six banks said they were encouraged by consumer spending patterns creeping towards pre-pandemic levels and fewer Canadians seeking loan relief.

In his new role, Carney will spearhead an increasingly popular form of investing, focused on ESG – environmental, social and governance issues – as well as investments that yield both social and…

Results offer first peek at how the last few months have transformed bank budgets, which have been under pressure since the pandemic began and financial institutions started offering mortgage and…

Increasingly crowded marketplace also includes beverages from Canopy Growth and other producers.

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Pullback expected this fall and winter.

Post-secondary institutions provide an economic boost to the region.

Part of the fuel behind rising prices has been driven by a change in the real estate cycle

Agreement will enable Eastern Ontario facility to produce up to 100 million N95 masks a year.

Developer believes there is support for heightened cybersecurity from businesses, politicians and a growing number of consumers.

Reduced pace of price growth was broad-based, spanning goods and services.

Freeland replaces Bill Morneau, who resigned Monday after weeks of controversy over his and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's roles in awarding a sole-source contract to run a student-volunteer program…

Bill Morneau said he had considered leaving his role as finance minister for some time, adding that he never intended to run for a third term as an MP.

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Review to look at whether Amazon policies impact sellers' willingness to offer their products at a lower price on other retail channels, such as their own websites or rival online marketplaces.

Centretown location follows opening of stores in ByWard Market and on Merivale Road.

Businesses asked to come up with a "range of options and approaches" for the planned program to compensate gun owners.

About 200 of the layoffs will be at the flight simulator maker's headquarters in Montreal, with the other 150 occurring across its civil training network abroad.

Smiths Falls-based company says recreational sales fell when it was forced to close its 22 stores until mid-May during the COVID-19 crisis.

StatsCan to release new home price index on Wednesday.

The $80-billion Canada Emergency Response Benefit is set to wind down over the coming weeks, with those who are EI-eligible to start drawing assistance that way.

Move comes after chain closed 82 other stores in Canada and all 42 of its stores in the U.S. in early July to focus on its e-commerce business and supplying grocery stores and pharmacies.

Business organization says the bar to qualify for rent relief has also proven to be too high for businesses.

Ottawa reported 25 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday.

Shopify holds Q2 earnings call Wednesday.

But experts say shoppers are likely to return to brick-and-mortar stores.

Volunteers from Shopify were part of a team that developed the app.

Sobeys and Safeway owner also plans more e-commerce investments planned across network.

Nationally, June inflation rate turns positive amid early stages of economic reopening

Walmart Logistics arrived in Cornwall in 1999 and currently operates two distribution centres, each 1.5 million square feet in size, in the city.

Sales were buoyed by government income-support programs and consumers satisfying pent-up demand – both of which could fade in the second half of the year, economist says.

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Amounts paid out will be proportional to revenue declines due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ford says the next phase of economic recovery suggests the province is turning a corner after feeling the ravages of the global pandemic.

Fund will target scaling companies in knowledge-based industries with rich IP portfolios including patents, design and trade secrets and at least $1M in annual revenue.

Outlook is less rosy than those the Trudeau Liberals relied on in their economic update released a week ago.

Huawei has a major research and development centre for 5G and 6G technology in Ottawa, where several hundred people work at its Kanata-based research facility. 

Canada-U.S. border has been closed to "discretionary" travel like vacations and shopping trips since the pandemic took hold of the continent in mid-March.

Prime minister isn't saying today how the government will reshape the eligibility rules for the program

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Tentative PSAC contract settlement for about 70,000 civil servants also includes average annual wage increases of 2% in each of the next three years

Closure of "a significant number of money-losing stores" will allow firm to focus on e-commerce sales.

Liberal government says it believes there will be a slow return to a new normal, with unemployment high and economic growth low through to at least the end of 2021.

Short of calling the police on noncompliant customers, businesses may find they have little power to enforce their policies on the public.

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'People aren't wearing a sports jacket when they're working from home.'

U.S. trade ambassador promises enforcement

Assuming USMCA does little more than update its old NAFTA predecessor would risk running afoul of the deal's new rules – or worse, leaving money and new prosperity on the table.

But early estimates point to growth of 3% in May.

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BlackBerry QNX affected by 'macro headwinds' in auto and other embedded sectors, but company is starting to see signs of a recovery, CEO says

Canopy's performance in Canada's recreational market has improved "modestly" in recent weeks as brick-and-mortar stores reopened, company executives say.

'Re-opening access to federal worksites will be gradual and will vary from organization to organization, each according to their own operational circumstances'

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A major sticking point for both groups of employees during negotiations in September revolved around wages.

RBC Bluesfest was among the many local summer music festivals that were scrapped due to the pandemic.

Gatineau firm determined there was an excess of cultivation capacity in the market.

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Some of the Canadian stores up for closure will be "repositioned," the company said, which suggests they could either move to a new area or change format.

Move applies to small businesses that qualify for the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program, where revenues have dropped at least 70% due to the pandemic.

Co-owner John Borsten says he doesn't see what they did wrong given that the restaurant didn't serve customers on the patio, and that others were eating on public benches and sidewalks nearby.

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Pivot follows months of backlash as consumer advocates and thousands of passengers continue to demand their money back for services paid for but never rendered.

Sail Outdoors Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection so it can restructure amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contracts are seen by some to be a major hit to Huawei's ambitions to be a player in Canada's 5G network.

The Bell deal will add 25 data centres at 13 locations in eight cities.

Government is expected to announce today that it will amend the Employment Standards Act, which requires businesses to terminate employees who have been laid off for 13 weeks.

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‘Being first isn't a sustainable strategy’

Huawei has a major research and development centre for 5G and 6G technology in the National Capital Region, where several hundred people work at its Kanata-based research facility.

RBC and BMO both missed analyst's profit expectations, but National and Scotiabank beat what was forecast for them.

Canopy Growth's fourth-quarter results, bank earnings and new GDP figures are among the stories expected to make headlines in the days ahead.

Shopify's chief executive says the company's offices will remain closed until 2021, and that most employees will permanently work remotely.

The national drop in inflation in April was fuelled by a 39.3 per cent plunge in gasoline prices, the largest year-over-year decline on record.

The New York City-based rap collective announced its official partnership with the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, the Ottawa Food Bank and the Ottawa Mission shelter this morning.

Quebec removing police checkpoints that limited non-essential traffic between Ottawa and Gatineau.

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All construction can resume Tuesday and limits will be lifted on maintenance, repair and property management services, but provincial officials are still advising working from home as much as possible

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Setting up a professional looking space that is well lit and uncluttered are a must for a Zoom interview, as is dressing properly.

All retail stores with a street entrance will be allowed to open Monday, May 11, to provide curbside pickup and delivery.

Ottawa company said it would recall the 5,500 test shipped nationally and work on additional clinical studies.

Shopify earnings, the latest unemployment figures and an update from Air Canada are among the stories expected to make headlines in the days ahead.

Report assumes real GDP will contract by 12% this year

Government relations firms expected to remain busy throughout 2020 as government looks to organizations and businesses for input on economic recovery.

Third round of cuts for Ottawa-area pot producer since March.

"Right away we started thinking: 'What can we do to keep our business going?"'

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Program is expected to lower rent by 75 per cent for affected small businesses.

Changing a vehicle's designated use from "commute" to "pleasure" can make a difference beyond the shorter trip from the bedroom to the laptop.

Pandemic causes gas prices to plummet

Businesses will have to balance satisfying shareholders, who will never say no to more cash, with keeping their companies afloat as they grapple with mass layoffs, forced closures of their brick-and-…

Company adding US$200 million to Shopify Capital program worldwide.

Rogers earnings, Metro results and the release of new inflation figures are among the stories expected to make headlines in the days ahead.

Details are in the works, minister says

Declining use of dental benefits and some extended health care benefits leading to premium reduction adjustments for employer-sponsored group benefits plans.

Trudeau says feds are working on a program to help businesses and commercial landlords cover their rents for at least three months.

Ottawa-area pot producer will end cultivation at Colombia facility; will stop operations in South Africa and Lesotho.

Preliminary data from Statistics Canada showed economic activity collapsed in March, suggesting the drop could be a record 9%

Liberals are likely to roll out more help soon to fill gaps in existing programs, such as by broadening the scope of the CERB to capture workers currently being left out.

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Rather than having to show a 30-per-cent decline in revenues, he says they can show a 15-per-cent decline in March, and can compare their revenues to previous months rather than the previous year.

Officials concerned move may draw more people out; urge residents to stay inside or use less popular routes

'Fine-tuning' aimed at ensuring employees do better off remaining at work, rather than going off work and receiving emergency benefit

New data on unemployment, a survey of business confidence and the outlook of Canada's big banks are among the stories expected to make headlines in the days ahead.

Premier Doug Ford moved swiftly to shutter a larger swath of Ontario's economy on Friday in the wake of bleak projections about the death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic

Finance Minister Bill Morneau says imposing hard and fast rules about who can receive federal aid to weather the economic shock from COVID-19 was the only way to get the money out the door quickly

The Sens organization is implementing temporary layoffs and salary reductions due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Shopify says it is suspending its financial outlook for the year because of the uncertainty stemming from COVID-19.

Here's a quick look at some of the federal COVID-19 benefit programs and who qualifies for assistance

Guards at an Ottawa jail refused to work Tuesday morning due to the lack of COVID-19 screening of those going inside the institution, the union representing its correctional workers said

The federal government is waiving the monthly rent paid by airport authorities to Transport Canada for the rest of the year as revenues plummet amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Canada's housing market could see a significant pullback this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but could rebound next year, a report by RBC says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says large and small businesses, non-profits and charities will all be eligible for a 75-per-cent subsidy on wages meant to cushion the blow from the COVID-19 pandemic

Air Canada's proposed acquisition of Transat AT Inc. likely will hinder competition and result in less choice for Canadian travellers, the Competition Bureau says

Small and medium business owners and entrepreneurs got a boost from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday as he handed more out relief for companies grappling amid COVID-19

The Bank of Canada is cutting its key interest target by half a percentage point to 0.25 per cent in an unscheduled rate announcement

Netflix is lowering video quality for its subscribers in Canada as it attempts to reduce soaring demands on internet bandwidth in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is expanding its insured mortgage purchase program to $150 billion as part of its response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Ontario Real Estate Association president Sean Morrison said the designation of realtors in the province as an essential service means it should be used only when necessary

The federal government announced Wednesday that it is planning a $30-million COVID-19 awareness advertising campaign and moving closer to implementing long-promised tax credits for newspapers as it

The spending boost includes a $1-billion COVID-19 contingency fund, nearly $1 billion more for hospitals, and more personal protective equipment for front-line workers

Finance Minister Bill Morneau said the measure allows companies to temporarily let go of workers to cut payroll costs and leave money in the affected employees' pockets

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says small business confidence has fallen to a new low amid the COVID-19 pandemic

A growing number of business and labour groups are urging the federal Liberals to up their promised wage subsidy to help companies hit hard by COVID-19 keep people on their payrolls

All Ontario businesses deemed non-essential have been ordered to close Tuesday night as part of escalating government measures meant to curb the spread of COVID-19

Ontario has slashed the price of hydro temporarily as many people work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is ordering the closure of all non-essential businesses in the province to help deal with the spread of COVID-19

Restaurant owners are struggling to stay afloat as health authorities and governments urge wide-scale shutdowns

The decision comes as non-essential travel around the world comes to a standstill as governments close borders in an effort to slow the COVID-19 pandemic

A union official says Air Canada is laying off more than 5,000 flight attendants as the country's largest airline cuts routes and parks planes due to COVID-19

Closure of the world's longest undefended border will begin in earnest today as Canada and the United States work out the details of banning non-essential travel between the two countries

While Canada's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has taken off drastically in the last week, some have found it lopsided across the country.

Delays in tax filing deadlines and temporary wage subsidies were announced Wednesday as part of a $82B relief package

The Ottawa Senators say owner Eugene Melnyk has now "personally pledged" to pay part-time arena staff affected by the suspension of the NHL season

Canopy Growth Corp. says it's closing all of its corporate-owned Tokyo Smoke and Tweed stores later today in an effort to help limit the spread of COVID-19

Federal government managers and employees have been advised to take precautions to manage the load on communications systems as Canadians shift to remote working conditions during the novel coronav

Air Canada says it is halving its flight capacity in the second quarter and withdrawing its earnings forecast for 2020 and 2021 amid a 'severe drop in traffic' due to the novel coronavirus

The Ontario government announced Sunday that it was drafting legislation to ban employers from requiring sick notes for those in self-isolation or quarantine

Canada's national museums are set to shut their doors in Ottawa Saturday as the COVID-19 pandemic hits cultural venues across the country

The Bank of Canada is cutting its overnight rate target by half a percentage point to 0.75 per cent in response to COVID-19

Earlier in the day, the U.S. Federal Reserve pumped vastly more money, US$1.5T, into American financial markets, which did little to stop the bleeding on North American stock markets

Canada's largest labour organization and the group that bills itself as the voice of business look to jointly confront the economic fallout from the rampaging novel coronavirus

The federal government is rolling out a $1 billion funding package to help cope with new coronavirus cases and to help Canadian workers who are forced to isolate themselves

Air Canada is suspending flights to and from Italy, saying the decision was prompted by Italian regulations and 'ongoing health and safety concerns' related to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus

Toronto Wolfpack co-founder Eric Perez unveiled details of his new franchise Monday in Ottawa

Canada's top central banker says concerns about the immediate impact of the novel coronavirus spurred the Bank of Canada to cut its trend-setting interest rate this week

Canopy Growth Corp. is orchestrating a massive overhaul involving a layoff of 500 workers and a multimillion-dollar writedown

Shopify Inc. says it is postponing all events, one-on-one appointments and workshops at its Los Angeles entrepreneurs' space

The Ottawa Senators fired new CEO Jim Little on Wednesday, continuing a string of executive departures for a club that has struggled on and off the ice in recent years.

The Bank of Canada is cutting its key interest rate target by half of a percentage point, dropping it to 1.25 per cent in response to the economic shock from the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The company is backed by two high profile personalities, including former Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton, who sits on its board, and venture capitalist Kevin O'Leary who serves as an investor and…

The latest job figures from Statistics Canada and an interest rate update from the Bank of Canada are on tap this coming week

Shopify Inc. says the recent outbreak of a novel form of coronavirus has prompted it to cancel its annual conference

The Ontario Liberals won two Ottawa-area byelections in convincing fashion Thursday night, hanging onto the ridings with more than 50 per cent of the vote

Many transit riders in Ottawa were left out in the cold during a heavy snowstorm after serious power issues on the city's light-rail system slowed service to a snail's pace Thursday

A spring black bear hunt could soon be a permanent annual event in Ontario again, the provincial government suggested as it launched a public consultation on the idea.

The CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. says that Canada's wireless industry has not fully matured and still needs "careful nourishing" as it makes huge investments in fifth-generation networks

More than $770 million in contracts have already been awarded for the building, but there is no overall cost estimate yet

Investors concerned about the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak that began in China.

About 200 protesters marched through downtown Ottawa in support with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary leaders

Shopify has joined a controversial, Facebook-led group working on a worldwide digital currency even after technology and financial heavyweights have fled the high-profile association

The rail blockade in Eastern Ontario has led to backlogs at Canada's three biggest ports, prompting some shippers to take their business elsewhere as cargo piles up and dockworkers' paycheques shrink

National price increases fuelled by higher costs at the gas pump and pricey produce.

New minimum qualifying rate will be the greater of the borrower's contract rate or the weekly median five-year fixed insured mortgage rate from mortgage insurance applications, plus two percentage…

Alanis Morissette, Boyz II Men and Blink-182 are among the hitmakers set to perform at Ottawa's RBC Bluesfest.

Via Rail says partial service is set to resume between Quebec City, Montreal and Ottawa beginning Thursday

Canopy Growth Corp. says it's planning further cost cuts as it reported a $124.17-million loss in its third quarter of 2020, though that was less than analysts had expected

Blockades set up by anti-pipeline protesters have forced Canadian National Railway Co. to shut down its entire network in Eastern Canada and Via Rail to cancel passenger service across the country

StubHub will pay a $1.3 million penalty for making misleading pricing claims and will ensure costs for Canadian events it sells tickets to are posted with their mandatory fees

Via Rail is cancelling service on its Montreal-Toronto and Ottawa-Toronto routes until at least the end of the day on Friday

Cineplex Inc. won't be changing its name, but the theatre chain will probably see some job losses, the company's likely new owner says

Via Rail said 157 passenger trains have been cancelled, affecting 24,500 travellers on routes between Montreal and Toronto, and Ottawa and Toronto

Atletico Madrid's Fernando Lopez will oversee operations for the Ottawa club with Redblacks's Jeff Hunt as a “strategic partner.”

The number of business insolvency filings in the fourth quarter were down 4.1 per cent compared with the fourth quarter of 2018, but up 9.7 per cent compared with the third quarter of 2019

A slew of corporate earnings, including Smiths Falls-based cannabis producer Canopy Growth, are set for this week

Industry watchers say this week's rash of cannabis company layoffs and executive departures is likely to continue

Via Rail says it has suspended service on busy routes east of Toronto due to a protest blocking the tracks

A Quebec oversight body has blacklisted four subsidiaries of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. from bidding on public contracts in the province for five years.

The mayors are asking for help to fund zero-emission transit fleets and a top-up to the depleted disaster mitigation and adaptation fund that helps municipalities deal with severe flooding

Breaking down inter-provincial trade barriers and reforming tax and regulatory systems will keep the country's economy humming into the future, the Bank of Canada's second-in-command says

TD Bank lowered its posted five-year fixed mortgage rate on Tuesday to narrow the gap between the benchmark and the special rates it offers customers

BlackBerry Mobile says TCL Communication will no longer be making or selling BlackBerry-branded mobile devices

Unemployment figures and a speech from the senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada are on tap this week

Canadian advertisers say Super Bowl marketing is being shaken up after the conclusion of a years-long battle over the precious airtime during the annual football spectacle.

Cineplex Inc. says two influential proxy advisory services have recommended shareholders support a takeover of the company by U.K.-based Cineworld Group PLC

The Ottawa side will become the professional league's eighth team when the CPL's second season begins in April

A new report on modernizing Canada's communications laws is recommending the CBC/Radio-Canada gradually eliminate advertising on all platforms over the next five years

About 60 per cent of Canadian boards were composed entirely of men in 2016 and 2017, but experts say regulations that took effect on Jan. 1 should go a long way to shrinking that number further

Shopify is bulking up its presence and workforce on Canada's west coast with a plan to hire 1,000 people in Vancouver and open its first permanent office there

Altus Group said a majority of 400 global commercial real estate executives polled said they are seeing the disruptive impact of technology on the sector

Ottawa city hall's top bureaucrat has told elected officials that he's ready to take the blame if councillors want someone's head to roll over ongoing troubles with the city's light-rail system

Economist says underlying pace of inflation remains close to Bank of Canada's target of 2%

Central bank predicts Canadian economy will grow by 1.6% this year, slightly lower than its projection in October.

Ontario's three main political parties have now nominated their candidates for a pair of Ottawa byelections that could be called any day

Riders on Ottawa’s problem-plagued light-rail system are having another rough morning, with the OC Transpo saying only eight of the usual 13 trains on the line are in service Tuesday

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.

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