Tag Archives: Business & Economy

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are warning the federal government not to overreach into their jurisdictions when it comes to delivering the programs laid out in Ottawa's latest budget. In a letter respond...

OTTAWA - The national price on pollution will rise by $15 per tonne today. Here's some questions answered about what this could mean for you. Who pays the carbon price? Canada has two different carbon...

MONTREAL - Cauliflower, garden beet, reishi mushroom - these are some of the odd flavours of edibles for sale at Quebec's provincially owned cannabis stores. Quebec prohibits edibles - cannabis-infuse...

REGINA - Some Sunwing travellers from Saskatchewan say the airline is leaving them at airports in other provinces, while another says her flight from Mexico that made it to Regina had dozens of empty ...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The holiday season is a critical time for small businesses, but this year, many small business owners are worried, as they are being hit by economic impacts.This comes as one way or...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - International students in Medicine Hat will soon be allowed to expand their working hours during their current academic term.The Government of Canada will be lifting restrictions th...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada hiked its key interest rate by half of a percentage point today and said rates will need to rise further to clamp down on decades-high inflation.Since March, the central ba...

The Government of Alberta is investing $6.5 million to provide career and employment services to underserved Albertans. Forty-one grants were awarded as part of Alberta's Recovery Plan to help underem...

EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says the recent bullish run on energy prices is part of a stronger economic story on the province's bottom line that will be revealed in the upcoming second-quart...

CALGARY - Canadian energy contractors are facing a shortage of rig workers that could slow oilpatch recovery.Oil and gas companies are ramping up production to meet global energy demand as COVID-19 re...