On a seasonally adjusted basis, the association says sales in July fell 5.3 per cent compared with June. The actual number of sales last month was 37,975, down 29 per cent compared with July last…

One of the best-performing sectors during the pandemic, the technology sector is now facing a challenging time as a reversal in fortunes has companies tightening their belts.

Telus Corp. is trying to add a 1.5 per cent processing fee for customers who use a credit card after a class action settlement cleared the way for merchants to add the surcharge starting this fall.

Ontario's cannabis wholesaler is temporarily capping the number of products retailers can order and expanding its delivery window as it works through a backlog caused by a cyberattack on its…

Desjardins is forecasting the average home price in Canada will decline by nearly 25 per cent by the end of 2023 from the peak reached in February of this year.

Business supports were excessive and show the outsized influence of business groups on public policy, economists say.

The Canadian economy stayed flat in May, with real gross domestic product showing neither growth nor contraction after a 0.3 per cent expansion in April.

Federal public service unions say the government's plan to get employees back to the office is confusing, disjointed and jeopardizing health and safety.

If workers are leaving their jobs, where are they going? Back to school. Back to yoga. Toward public office, Uber driving, sales and writing. These are their stories.

The Ottawa-based firm says it lost US$1.2 billion or 95 cents per diluted share, compared with a profit of US$879.1 million and 69 cents per diluted share a year earlier.

CEO Charlie Bowman has already deepened his predecessor's cuts and begun backing away from certain products, but he insists the moves are for a good reason.

Tony Staffieri faced questions from MPs about whether a lack of competition in the telecom sector might have contributed to the massive Rogers outage earlier this month.

While money poured into startups as stocks soared and people sought technology to work from home during the first two years of the pandemic, cash isn't flowing in the same way now.

TD chief economist Beata Caranci said inflation today might feel especially challenging because Canadians have been shielded from inflation volatility for decades.

The increase in the consumer price index for the month was largely due to gasoline prices, which shot up by more than 50 per cent from with a year ago.

Economists are predicting an even higher reading of inflation for June as energy and food prices crept higher and the economy reopened further.

The association revealed Friday that June home sales amounted to 48,176, a 24 per cent drop from 63,280 during the same month last year.

Ottawa and Ontario have reached a deal with a global materials technology and recycling group to build a new battery component facility in the province's Loyalist Township that will supply parts for…

As Canadians face a double whammy of skyrocketing inflation and the largest interest rate hike seen in 24 years, one expert is warning that prices won't be coming down anytime soon.

The Bank of Canada signaled a more aggressive approach to bringing skyrocketing inflation back under control as it announced the largest single rate increase since August 1998.

One former telecom executive says there is the risk of creating a situation where a competitor's network becomes overwhelmed and service is ultimately degraded.

In its new two-year outlook, the think tank says it is not expecting an economic contraction in Canada, but the risks are creeping up.

 A Friday outage from Rogers Communications Inc. resulted in some small businesses losing thousands of dollars, which they fear the telecommunications giant won't fully compensate them for.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says record gas prices, supply chain snarls and labour shortages have pushed the cost of doing business through the roof.

The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by half a percentage point on June 1, bringing it to 1.5 per cent. Since then, it has signalled a willingness to move in a more aggressive direction.

"The outage is illuminating the general lack of competition in telecommunications in Canada," said Vass Bednar, executive director of McMaster University's master of public policy program.

Canada is headed towards a recession in 2023, but it will be short-lived and not as severe as prior downturns, according to a new report from RBC.

Federal housing agency says growth was driven by increases in both the value and volume of uninsured mortgages for property buying and refinancings.

The research institute says if the central bank aims to bring inflation down from 7.7 per cent to its two per cent target by quickly raising rates, it could cause significant "collateral damage,"…

Central bank says businesses' expectations for near-term inflation have increased, and firms expect inflation to be high for longer than they did in the previous survey.

Air Canada is cutting more than 15 per cent of its scheduled flights in July and August as airports face lengthy delays and cancellations amid an overwhelming travel resurgence.

Under the agreement with a limited number of noteholders, the Smiths Falls-based cannabis company will acquire the 4.25 per cent unsecured convertible senior notes due in 2023.

"Collaborations let us leverage other people's creativity by allowing them to play around with our iconic outerwearpieces."

Ng paid tribute to First Nations' businesses and said support would be offered by the government to help these companies, including those from Nunavut and remote communities, access international…

Achieving housing affordability for everyone in Canada will require developers to become more productive and make full use of land holdings to build more housing, CMHC says.

The Bank of Canada said in a study Monday that the closure of many downtown services coupled with a desire for more living space increased demand for homes in suburban areas.

At a new, semi-annual showcase called Shopify Editions on Wednesday, the Ottawa e-commerce giant laid out more than 100 product updates made over the last six months, including several that launch…

The agency said its consumer price index in May rose 7.7 per cent compared with a year ago, its largest increase since January 1983 when it gained 8.2 per cent and up from a 6.8 per cent increase in…

The research released today indicates that experience and education – once crucial to many positions – are becoming less important amid labour shortages.

The combination of a fiercely competitive job market and the still-rising cost of living will likely lead to more companies boosting employee pay this year, experts say.

The federal government is banning companies from importing or making plastic bags and takeout containers by the end of this year, from selling them by the end of next year and from exporting them by…

Governments have been loosening COVID-19 restrictions, with Ottawa allowing airline and railway workers as well as passengers to climb on board without being jabbed starting Monday.

Firm says Shopify's plan to augment founder Tobi Lütke's power in the e-commerce company only passed because of the support from an early company investor and director.

The U.S. bank authority announced the Wednesday move will shift the country's benchmark rate to a range between 1.5 per cent and 1.75 per cent as it tries to tame soaring inflation.

Economists attribute much of the cooling to rising interest and mortgage rates.

Gatineau-based marijuana producer says in financial filings that the reduction will result in annualized savings of $30.6 million and is meant to simplify its organizational structure.

While half the small business owners surveyed said rising costs and inflation are a challenge, 90 per cent of new entrepreneurs said they still feel optimistic about the future.

High household debt and elevated housing prices have become bigger vulnerabilities in the past year, but the economy can handle the rising interest rates needed to tame inflation, central bank says.

Ottawa-born BeaverTails is among the chains that are looking to expand their national footprints as consumers start shopping and eating out in greater numbers.

Company says 53.68 per cent of shareholders, excluding founder and chief executive Tobi Lütke, voted in favour of a plan to grant him key voting power at the company.

Move ensures Lütke, his family and affiliates will hold 40 per cent of the e-commerce software giant's voting power.

Members of Canada's tech sector say that anxiety is being felt across the industry as rising interest rates and 30-year inflation highs weigh on businesses.

Ontario's main political parties are charting new courses forward today, with one heading into a second term with an even stronger mandate than before and two others searching for new leaders.

The deputy governor of the Bank of Canada says it may need to raise its key interest rate to three per cent or beyond to ensure inflation does not become entrenched.

In an unprecedented move, the Bank of Canada has announced a major increase to its key interest rate for the second time in two months as it forecasts higher consumer prices to come this year.

Statistics Canada said Tuesday real gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 3.1 per cent in the first quarter, helped by business investment and household spending.

"Canadian inflation is running more than three times faster than target,'' Desjardins' head of macro strategy, Royce Mendes, wrote in a note to clients Monday.

"We need Canadians to be able to seize these opportunities and to have the tools, training and resources they need to thrive," Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough said.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says 295,133 Nexus applications have yet to be processed due to ongoing office closures prompted by COVID-19.

The Smiths Falls-based cannabis company says it had a net loss of $578.6 million for the quarter ended March 31 compared with a net loss of $616.7 million a year earlier.

Smaller internet service providers are cautiously optimistic about the new telecom policy directives unveiled by the federal government that are aimed at the Canadian Radio-television and…

"...Markets are struggling to predict how we land the economy, do we land it with a slight recession? And our message today is, it could go either way, it's 50-50," says RBC chief executive Dave…

Stagflation. It was the dreaded "S word" of the 1970s.

StatsCan said employers were seeking to fill more than one million positions at the beginning of March, up 22.6 per cent from February and 60.5 per cent from the prior year.

"My major cause for concern right now is establishing what insurance will and will not cover, and how expeditiously they will do so," said one Carlsbad Springs resident.

Canadian homebuyers are increasingly considering credit unions and private lenders to secure mortgages as rates rise, brokers say.

A new survey by the Conference Board of Canada indicates consumer confidence decreased 11.7 points in May – the largest monthly drop since the pandemic's onset.

A new report says digital technology has become so widespread at such a rapid pace that Canadians have little idea what information is being collected about them or how it is used.

Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter said it's highly unlikely Canadians are in for a double-digit, '80s-style interest rate shock any time soon.

Realtors and lawyers say they have noticed buyers looking at what options they have to get out of a purchase because conditions have shifted dramatically from the previous highs and frenzied pace.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada says the federal government has failed to provide a wage offer that protects workers from surging inflation.

The cost of nearly everything at the grocery store continued to climb higher to push the annual inflation rate up in April.

Jetty is known for making solventless vapes, unrefined resin, small-batch concentrates and infused pre-rolls, which Canopy says it could bring to the Canadian market through this deal.

International arrivals at Canadian airports are so backed up, people are being kept on planes for over an hour after they land because there isn't physically enough space to hold the lineups.

NAC president and CEO Christopher Deacon says artists have missed the "exhilarating, inspiring, and restorative" experience of performing for a live audience.

The association found the number of homes sold dropped by 25.7 per cent to 54,894 last month from 73,907 in April 2021, when the country set a record for the month.

The Terry Fox statue across from Parliament Hill will need to be moved to make way for a new building to house MPs and senators, committee rooms and an Indigenous Peoples' space.

Restaurants across the country are reducing hours and condensing menus as persistent staff shortages and spiking costs threaten to derail the industry's comeback from crushing pandemic restrictions.

World travel expert says businesses can finally breathe a sigh of relief as the sector recovers from two years of border restrictions and nosediving demand.

Inflation is at a multi-decade high, but the situation is different than the 1970s when high inflation was combined with high levels of joblessness and slow or recessionary economic growth, senior…

Even as gas prices hit record highs, Canadians are fanning out across the country for fresh travel experiences after two years of bottled-up demand.

Inflation slowed in April after seven months of relentless gains, a tentative sign that price increases may be peaking while still imposing a financial strain on American households.

Research indicates there is a growing digital divide among businesses in Canada as businesses without an effective digital presence are less likely to attract investment and be profitable.

Experts say soaring fuel prices create a kind of inflationary domino effect, with climbing gas prices raising shipping costs and higher shipping costs hiking the price of goods.

Governor says the central bank hopes it can take a meaningful step toward building trust and strengthening its relationship with Indigenous peoples.

As the world copes with the impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, central banks around the world are responding to record-high inflation with adjusted interest rates.

The crypto world is still evolving rapidly, but there is growing integration with existing financial frameworks to make the transition to the space from traditional finance smoother.

Ian McGrath has made it clear to his bosses: If the company forces staff to return to the office, he'll tender his resignation.

Ottawa-based software firm's stock ended the day down more than 14 per cent after company reported a first-quarter loss of US$1.5 billion.

Consumers are shopping for groceries more often, buying less with each visit and shifting to value-oriented stores, grocery chain said Wednesday.

"It's actually really important for us that grocery delivery isn't seen as a luxury."

Canadians are less likely than Americans to use or invest in cryptocurrencies, says a new survey released Tuesday.

Video meetings dampen brainstorming because we are so hyper-focused on the face in that box that we don't let our eyes and minds wander as much, a new study found.

Charlie Bowman has been appointed acting president and CEO, effective immediately, replacing Scott Cooper, Gatineau cannabis firm announced Friday.

The Canadian economy surged ahead in February as pandemic-related restrictions eased, fuelling expectations by economists that the Bank of Canada will opt for another oversized rate hike in June.

Ontario's Progressive Conservatives want to spread the public service workforce across the province in a bid to stimulate local economies and save money.

The document, set to serve as the Tory platform during a campaign expected to kick off next week, has the party projecting Ontario will be $19.9 billion in the red this year.

Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre is vowing to subject the Bank of Canada to the scrutiny of the federal auditor general and bar the use of its own digital currency.

The head of a federal infrastructure agency says a new set of investing orders from the Liberal government should make it simpler to deploy more funding in the coming months.

Smiths Falls-based cannabis firm said cuts are a key piece of a plan that will also see the company retool its facilities, review procurement strategies and reduce other expenses.

The arrangement, often called a "workcation," has seen renewed interest from both employees and employers since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Air Canada more than tripled its revenues last quarter as demand for travel revved back up, though a net loss of nearly $1 billion signalled the pandemic recovery is far from complete.

The governor of the Bank of Canada is signalling Canada's key interest rate could go up another half percentage point in June to help wrestle inflation under control.

Dave Schlosser's optimism comes amid the lifting of mask mandates, capacity restrictions and other health measures that cut into gatherings where consumers might have kicked back with a Truss product.

New measures to ensure Canada doesn't export sensitive technology to foreign adversaries are among the changes being eyed by Ottawa to bolster the country's economic security.

He wouldn't rule out pushing rates beyond 50 basis points all in one sitting, after moving to lift rates by that amount to one per cent just last week, but said he "is prepared to be as forceful as…

Statistics Canada says core retail sales -- which exclude sales at gasoline stations and motor vehicle and parts dealers -- rose 1.4 per cent.

Hexo says the Truss Beverage operations – a joint venture with Molson Coors Canada – are not affected by this change and will continue to operate out of the Belleville plant.

While gasoline prices are big part of the picture, having jumped last month by 39.8 per cent compared with March 2021, price pressures are far broader.

Pension fund manager says it is looking to make investments in the sector comprise seven to 10 per cent of its net assets over the next five to 10 years, up from about three per cent today.

The federal government plans to spend more than a half-billion dollars to fix supply chain issues, but experts say it falls far short of the kind of comprehensive strategy that's needed.

 The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by the highest amount in more than 20 years and warned more rate hikes are coming as it increased its outlook for inflation.

The Bank of Canada is gearing up to announce its next move on interest rates this Wednesday, with Bay Street forecasters expecting a 50 basis-point increase.

Cannabis company Tilray Brands Inc. has signed a definitive agreement in its proposed plan with rival Hexo Corp. first announced last month.

Inflation soared over the past year at its fastest pace in more than 40 years, with costs for food, gasoline, housing and other necessities squeezing American consumers and wiping out the pay raises…

A high-profile pricing dispute that saw one of Canada's largest food makers stop shipments of chips and snacks to the country's largest grocer has been resolved.

Proposal would preserve founder and CEO Tobi Lütke's voting power, but provide sunset provisions that prevent him from transferring that power.

Spending plan targeted at speeding the flow of goods through the country's supply chains, boosting housing supply and jolting businesses out of an anemic period of investment.

After two years of pandemic-induced uncertainty, the federal Liberals are readying to deliver an updated spending blueprint in a 2022 budget that, by all accounts, has been influenced by fast-…

Bank's latest Business Outlook Survey found that more than two-thirds of businesses anticipate inflation will be above three per cent, on average, over the next two years.

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, an association of manufacturers and exporters worries the country will fall further behind competitors in peer nations without the right push now.

Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product grew 0.2 per cent in January, a month marked by restrictions due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.

The hiring incentive and two other programs aimed at hard-hit businesses are scheduled to expire in early May.

Dollarama Inc. said Wednesday the roll out of additional price points up to $5 will help the retail chain maintain and enhance its product assortment and value.

Some of Canada's leaders in the blockchain sector launched Tuesday a non-profit association aimed at moving the needle on regulation of cryptocurrencies anddigital assets in this country.

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg's ambitious vision to create an immersive digital realm will be aided by thousands of Canadian hires and a new engineering hub in the country.

Freeland tells the House of Commons she will unveil the government's spending plans on April 7 in a document that has been expected to focus on measures to spur economic growth.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has approved Rogers Communications' acquisition of Shaw Communications' broadcasting services, but will force the company to meet a s

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level in 52 years as the U.S.

Statistics Canada says the number of people travelling to Canada in January was up from a year earlier, but remained a fraction of where it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The deal includes the settlement and dismissal of all litigation pending between the companies in the United States, Canada and Germany.

Goldy Hyder, president and CEO of the Business Council of Canada, said U.S. lawmakers and counterparts – even White House officials – have been worried for weeks about a possible labour dispute.

Hexo Corp. reported a net loss of $690.3 million as it recorded $616 million in one-time impairment charges in its latest quarter as it worked to turn around the cannabis business.

A new poll suggests Canadians are looking for ways to cut back on spending as their concerns about the cost of living rise alongside headline inflation rates.

Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 3.2 per cent to $58.9 billion in January, helped by higher sales at new car dealers to start the year.

Along with anxiety about commuting times and corporate vaccination policies come questions over what professional behaviour looks like in 2022.

A new report says women's historically high numbers in the country's labour force remain below where they might have been if COVID-19 had never occurred.

The Federal Reserve launched a high-risk effort Wednesday to tame the worst inflation since the early 1980s, raising its benchmark short-term interest rate and signaling up to six additional rate…

Statistics Canada says wholesale sales rose 4.2 per cent in January to $79.8 billion, helped by gains in sales of building material and supplies, personal and household goods, and machinery,…

The average price in the nation’s capital last month was $730,300, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association, up from $630,000 in February 2021.

Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 0.6 per cent to $64.8 billion in January, as higher prices helped boost sales in the petroleum and coal sector to a record high and lift wood product…

The war in Ukraine is forcing investors, especially those who prioritize environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, to take a closer look at the stocks and other assets they hold, whether…

Ontario is removing most mask mandates on March 21, including in schools, and is ending all remaining public health orders a month later, shifting the onus of protection from COVID-19 to individuals.

A new survey by Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters found nine out of 10 companies in the sector are grappling with supply chain issues.

Statistics Canada said Tuesday the country saw a merchandise trade surplus of $2.6 billion for January compared with a revised deficit of $1.6 billion in December.

Venture capital experts say higher interest rates could trim sky-high valuations Canadian startups have grown accustomed to over the last couple of years, but not right away.

Top central banker says raising bank's benchmark interest rate may be costly for households, but waiting longer to act would be more costly for the country.

Under the agreement announced Thursday, Leamington-based Tilray will acquire up to US$211 million of senior secured convertible notes that were issued by Gatineau-based Hexo.

Under the agreement, a new tour operating business unit will be created under the WestJet Group, to include both Sunwing Vacations and WestJet Vacations Inc. and will be led by Sunwing CEO Stephen…

Housing experts say prospective homebuyers hoping Wednesday's interest rate hike will cool the country’s heated real estate market will likely be disappointed.

The central bank increased its key rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.5 per cent in a bid to help fight inflation, which is at its highest level since 1991.

Mask mandates remain in place in Ontario, but businesses like gyms, cinemas and restaurants no longer need to check patrons' vaccination status as of Tuesday. 

The country's hot housing market drove economic expansion last year as the economy grew 4.6 per cent in 2021, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

Some establishments in Ontario will maintain proof-of-vaccine requirements even after the province ends its vaccine certificate system on Tuesday.

Canadian consumers are increasingly shopping at discount grocery chains, buying store-branded food and choosing less pricey pork or chicken rather than beef in an effort to save money amid soaring…

Canada's banking industry says it will follow through with the federal government's emergency orders targeting the trucker protesters as discussions on how best to implement them continue.

The federal government's move to use expanded financial powers to crack down on the trucker protests is being called a severe overreach by financial crime experts, while details remain scarce on how…

Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation topped five per cent for the first time in more than 30 years.

Ottawa-based company's stock fell to a low of $914 on the TSX as it announced it expects revenue growth for 2022 to be lower than the 57 per cent growth it achieved in 2021.

Ontario's finance minister is set to release an update today on the province's finances.

In Canada's largest oil and gas producing province, investors who have been made wealthy by the energy sector are starting to open their pockets to a budding local tech industry.

Ottawa's mayor has set a deadline of noon today for truckers encamped in the capital's core to move out of residential streets in a bid to pare down the size of the protest's footprint.

U.S. protectionism has been a fact of life for decades. But even a year removed from Donald Trump's turn as president, it's very much on – thanks in large measure to Trump's successor.

Shipping delays are rippling through the economy amid the ongoing protests that have idled Canada-bound traffic on the Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor.

Since Monday, protesters have cut off Canada-bound traffic on the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor in a show of solidarity with demonstrators in Ottawa.

Smiths Falls-based cannabis producer warned Wednesday that market headwinds could hamper its ability to be profitable in Canada.

Exchange says Lütke will help as Coinbase looks to expand crypto to more people and businesses globally.

Gatineau-based firm became non-compliant when its closing bid price for common shares listed on the Nasdaq dropped below US$1 for 30 consecutive trading days.

Some protesters are promising to stay put in the capital until Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is forced out.

Health-tech entrepreneurs such as Dr. Kumanan Wilson, founder of Ottawa-based CANImmunize, say small companies like his often face an uphill battle getting buy-in from Canadian customers.

All Canadian truckers looking to cross the border from the U.S. need to be vaccinated in order to avoid a 14-day quarantine under a policy that came into effect last Saturday.

Statistics Canada reported Wednesday that the annual pace of inflation climbed in December to 4.8 per cent, a pace that hasn't been seen since September 1991.

Cannabis firm says its plan, which was unveiled last month after its debts mounted and its co-founder left the business, will deliver about $175 million in cash over the next two fiscal years.

Grocery stores are struggling with rising labour and product shortages that could threaten Canada's food security, experts say.

Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday that about 667,000 residential properties changed hands in 2021, about 30 per cent more than the 10-year average.

Video-streaming company said Friday that prices are going up by $1 to $2, depending on the plan.

Ontario Chamber of Commerce CEO said now that the province has said schools will return on Monday, it's time to provide clarity for businesses.

Unifor national president Jerry Dias says while front-line supermarket workers are facing the biggest risks, executives are receiving the biggest rewards.

Report said that by noon on Tuesday, the average CEO of these companies would have already earned what the average Canadian worker will make all year.

Lockdown Program will now offer wage and rent subsidies ranging between 25 and 75 per cent to employers who are subject to capacity restrictions of 50 per cent or more.

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales across the country rose by about nine per cent between September and October, the largest month-over-month increase since July 2020.

Ottawa-based cannabis company says it will shutter properties in Kirkland Lake, Brantford and Stellarton, N.S., in a bid to streamline production.

Smiths Falls-based cannabis company previously predicted it would be profitable in the second half of its 2022 financial year, but now says reaching that goal will take longer.

PricewaterhouseCoopers said its recent review of the Ottawa-based cannabis business showed that Hexo did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting.

Ottawa-based e-commerce firm reported a third-quarter profit of nearly US$1.15 billion, boosted by an unrealized gain on its equity investments.

CEO Tobi Lütke tweeted the announcement this week and says he made the decision "because science."

Ottawa-based e-commerce firm says it earned US$879.1 million, up from US$36 million a year earlier.

Research commissioned by Canopy found the pre-roll joint category grew by 48% across the entire market between January and May 2021.

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.

A preview of some of the national news that will be making headlines in the coming days.

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

A preview of some of the national business news that will be making headlines in the coming days.

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