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Autoworkers in the U.S. ramped up their strike Friday in a move that's expected to have knock-on effects for Canadian parts producers.

Colleges, universities and communities across Canada would be impacted if political tensions were to affect the flow of Indian students to Canada, according to the president of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Oil eased off yearly highs, capping a tumultuous week that saw the U.S. Federal Reserve flagging a further rate hike and Russia banning diesel exports.

ATS has signed a deal to buy Avidity Science LLC, a designer and manufacturer of automated water purification solutions for biomedical and life science applications, for $265 million.

Nova Scotia will remove the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax from the construction of new rental apartment buildings, Premier Tim Houston said Thursday.

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​Oil edged higher toward US$94 a barrel, capping a tumultuous week that saw the Federal Reserve flagging a further rise in U.S. interest rates this year and Russia ban diesel exports.

The group behind a proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) network for Alberta's oilsands is watching the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion's latest regulatory hurdles with dismay.

National Bank of Canada is better positioned than many of its larger rivals to navigate a downturn that’s poised to hit banks’ balance sheets and customers, according to Chief Executive Officer Laurent Ferreira.

​Cisco Systems agreed to buy cybersecurity company Splunk in a deal valued at about US$28 billion, creating one of the world's largest software companies.

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​Oil fell after the Federal Reserve signaled that at least one more interest-rate hike is possible this year in its fight to subdue stubborn inflation, overshadowing signs of a tighter physical crude market.

Royal Bank of Canada pushed ahead with a round of job cuts in its capital markets operations, part of broader reductions announced in August that may climb above 1,000 positions and are aimed at helping the bank deal with a challenging economic environment.

The Bank of Canada’s release of its deliberations concerning its latest interest rate decision shows how complex these considerations can be, according to an economist.

As interest rates climb, variable-rate mortgage holders are paying thousands of dollars in added interest compared to people with fixed rates.

The Bank of Canada was watching its words at its last interest rate announcement, in fear of spurring speculation that rate cuts are coming any time soon.

Housing prices across Canada rose in August, marking their sixth consecutive monthly rise, according to new data from the Teranet-National Bank House Price Index.

A new RBC survey suggests financial uncertainty has become the new normal for many Canadians as inflation eats into their savings and hampers their future financial security.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is set to leave its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday as it seeks to guide the U.S. economy toward a “soft landing" of cooling inflation without triggering a deep recession.

Oil fell as the market's breakneck rally that pushed prices to US$95 a barrel on Tuesday took a breather.

​Workers at Ford Motor Canadian unit avoided a strike, reaching a tentative agreement late Tuesday after extending negotiations by 24 hours from a previous deadline.

A new survey suggests that most Canadians feel news should be free and accessible for anyone, while also believing that media will find other ways to make money.

Amazon.com Inc. says it is ramping up to hire more than 6,000 people across Canada.

Bank of Canada deputy governor Sharon Kozicki says swings in the inflation rate are to be expected in a speech coming after the latest consumer price index report showed inflation climbed in August for the second month in a row.

Shares of Equinox Gold Corp. fell nearly 20 per cent in early trading Tuesday after the company announced a deal to raise US$150 million in an offering of convertible debt.

Now well into the Bank of Canada’s interest rate hiking cycle, many mortgage owners have yet to feel the full effect of higher interest rates.

Statistics Canada says the country's inflation rate rose to 4.0% in August, largely due to higher gasoline prices.

The auto workers' strike against Detroit's Big Three went into its fourth day with no signs of an early breakthrough and against the threat that the walkout could soon spread.

Before Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne ruled Rogers Communications Inc. must grant its rivals access to its cellular network on Toronto's subway, the company had urged Ottawa not to force it to turn off access for its own customers, newly released documents reveal.

Videotron, a major provider of telecommunications services in Quebec, is the target of two class-action lawsuits alleging the company overcharged its residential customers in that province.

A Toronto housing developer is praising the federal government’s decision to remove the GST from new rental projects as a way to address Canada’s housing crisis.

A Toronto housing developer is praising the federal government’s decision to remove the GST from new rental projects as a way to address Canada’s housing crisis.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in Canada edged down one per cent in August compared with July.

Hundreds of executives and government officials from oil-producing nations around the world are gathering in Calgary this week, against the backdrop of growing global pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

BMO Financial Group plans to close its retail auto finance business in order to reroute resources, as borrowers dig deep to stay on top of recent interest rate hikes.

Industry leaders are keeping a close eye on the automotive labour disputes happening in Canada and the U.S.

A regulatory government agency has weighed in on reports of mortgage amortizations spanning decades longer than the typical 25 years, saying those projections do not reflect a borrower's actual repayment period and do not change a borrower's contractual obligations

The fossil fuel industry is increasingly under the microscope for its contribution to climate change, but the president of British oil giant Shell's Canadian subsidiary says oil and gas companies can't be held solely responsible for the pace of the global energy transition.

Thousands of striking autoworkers have walked off the job in the U.S. – a picture that could also take shape in Canada early next week should Ford Motor Company and Unifor fail to reach a new employment contract.

TikTok, the video-sharing social-media app that’s faced a global backlash over its links to China, was fined 345 million euros (US$368 million) in the European Union for alleged lapses in the way it cares for children’s personal data.

Trade Minister Mary Ng has spent the past four months talking up a major visit to India designed to boost Canadian exports to the world's most populous country.

​Brent oil headed for a third weekly gain as the market continued to tighten on the back of supply curbs from Saudi Arabia and Russia.

Unity Technologies Inc. cancelled a planned town hall and closed two offices Thursday after receiving what it said was a credible death threat in the wake of a controversial pricing decision earlier this week.

Two members of Congress want to invite Latin American countries to join Canada's trade agreement with the United States and Mexico.

Dye & Durham Ltd.’s share price is the latest victim of the slowdown in Canada’s struggling property market, as the real estate software maker’s stock sustained its biggest one-day plunge ever on Thursday.

A professor of planning says both renters and buyers in Calgary are feeling the impact of higher prices – and she says the city should adopt recommendations from its housing affordability task force to tackle the issue.

Statistics Canada says wholesale sales excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, grew 0.2 per cent to $81.3 billion in July.

Benchmark US crude oil hit US$90 a barrel for the first time since November, the latest milestone in a march higher that's been led by output cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia as well as record global consumption.

Elon Musk’s X Corp. has agreed to try to settle claims by thousands of former Twitter employees who say they were cheated of severance pay, according to a memo by a lawyer for the workers seen by Bloomberg News.

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