Two surveys from the Bank of Canada Friday show that while consumers and businesses are still expecting things like inflation and wages to be higher than usual for the foreseeable future, they are starting to come back to some sort of pre-pandemic normal — and they’ re less…
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A man is seen with a laptop depicting the CNN logo with Donald Trump appearing in the background. Jaap Arriens / NurPhoto via Getty Images Hemorrhaging viewers post-Trump, CNN is trying to broaden its appeal. Can it get Republicans to tune in? Here’s everything you need to know:…
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Irving Oil says it has launched a strategic review that will consider, among other things, “a full or partial sale” of the company, one of the largest in New Brunswick. “A strategic review of the company is underway, and a series of options are being evaluated related to…
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Photo: The Canadian Press Money is removed from a bank machine in Montreal on May 30, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz From the Tobacco Workers’ Credit Union in Guelph to the New Community Credit Union in Saskatoon, the names tell part of Canada’s history even as they’re now…
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The Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2023, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. The latest data shows growth beating out the federal agency’s own forecast of 2.5 per cent for the quarter. A preliminary estimate suggests the economy grew…
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Photo: The Canadian Press Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project executive director Mehmet Tohti. Investments in China by Canada’s largest public pension funds are facing increased scrutiny amid worsening relations between the two countries and allegations that some of those investments are funding the oppression of China’s Uyghur minority. Recently,…
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Consumer prices in the United States rose again in April, and measures of underlying inflation stayed high, suggesting that rising costs could persist for months to come. Prices rose 0.4 per cent from March to April, the government said Wednesday, up from 0.1 per cent from February to…
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Double standard streaming? The Canadian Press – Apr 28, 2023 / 8:53 am | Stories: 423868 Photo: The Canadian Press At least one Canadian media production association says the country’s new streaming legislation could create a two-tier system where foreign streamers are held to lower standards than Canadian…
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