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Canada's unemployment rate ticked down to 6.5 per cent in January, but the economy lost 25,000 jobs, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The unemployment rate — the lowest since September 2024 — was the result of fewer people actively searching for work. The data agency also noted that the number of people who were neither employed nor looking for work...
Food prices in Canada could increase by four to six per cent next year, largely driven by pricier meat products, according to a forecast by researchers at Dalhousie University. Beef in particular is expected to get more expensive, potentially rising seven per cent, as cattle sizes shrink (those markets are susceptible to tariffs) and more ranchers leave the industry, said...
The federal government is threatening automaker Stellantis with legal action if the company doesn't "respect its obligations" to Canadians, according to a copy of a letter obtained by CBC News, years after the company agreed to an auto pact promising billions of dollars in performance incentives. Industry Minister Melanie Joly wrote to Stellantis chief executive officer Antonio Filosa on Wednesday...
De minimis exemption ends Friday, hitting Canadian mom-and-pop shops hard. As of Friday, Canada's small businesses can no longer ship small packages to the U.S. duty-free — and some online sellers are worried that their companies won't survive the hit. The nearly century-old de minimis exemption, which in recent years allowed goods under $800 US to enter the U.S. without...
U.S. president threatened new levy of 35% on Thursday night. U.S. President Donald Trump's latest threat of a 35 per cent tariff on imports from Canada will not apply to goods that comply with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), a Trump administration official told CBC News. The 35 per cent tariff, which the U.S. president posted about on TruthSocial last night...
Letter signed by 6 House representatives from Minnesota and Wisconsin. Canadian wildfire smoke is travelling south and making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer, according to a letter from six members of Congress to Canada's U.S. ambassador. "We write to you today on behalf of our constituents who have had to deal with suffocating Canadian wildfire smoke...
PM would put supply management back on table if deal depended on it, says ambassador. Dreams do come true. U.S. President Donald Trump wished for Canada's tax on U.S. tech companies to disappear on Friday, and by Sunday, it had. Mostly, there was a sense of surprise that the federal government would play such a valuable card this soon. The...
Four years ago, the People's Party of Canada was poised to be a thorn in the Conservative Party's side. Riding the momentum of its anti-vaccine, anti-lockdown, anti-immigration agenda during the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, the young party won five per cent of the national vote. It peeled supporters away from other parties — in particular, a more moderate Conservative...
Canada Post is raising the cost of stamps and its other mail products by 25 per cent today, a move announced in September, well before a 30-day labour strike further challenged the organization's already dire financial situation.
Canada's inflation rate ticked up to two per cent in October, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday. The consumer price index had previously hit 1.6 per cent in September, thanks to a steep decline in gas prices. Gas prices fell again in October, though to a lesser extent. With gasoline excluded, all-items inflation came in at 2.2 per cent, the same...
Got a light? Canada's weed industry could probably use it. Tokyo Smoke is the latest Canadian cannabis retailer to close some of its locations and seek creditor protection in an unpredictable industry grappling with too many stores, high overhead costs and ultra-low retail prices.
Fearing difficult negotiations, Canadian official sends retaliatory tariff warning. Canada has already begun talks with members of Donald Trump's circle about avoiding new trade tariffs if he's elected U.S. president this fall. If it happens, the Canadians have warned of retaliation. The public line from Canada for months has been that Trump's proposed 10 per cent tariff should not apply...
A chorus of Canadian entrepreneurs and investors is blasting the federal government's budget for expanding a tax on the rich. They say it will lead to brain drain and further degrade Canada's already poor productivity. In the 2024 budget unveiled Tuesday, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the government would increase the inclusion rate of the capital gains tax from 5...
Canadians are still paying too much for telecom services, the industry minister said Thursday, one day after Rogers Communications said it was raising the cost of some of its wireless phone plans. Rogers said Wednesday it would hike the cost of some of its wireless plans for non-contract customers. Bell is also reportedly increasing some of its existing wireless phone...
Canada's annual inflation rate held steady at 3.1 per cent in November, matching the previous month's rate, according to data released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday.