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Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9% in April, matching pre-pandemic high
Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9 per cent in April, Statistics Canada said on Friday, matching the highest rate seen in eight years outside of the pandemic.
WestJet suspends 9 U.S. routes due to lower demand
WestJet will suspend nine routes between the U.S. and Canada as demand dampens for travel between the two countries.
After Trump vows tariffs on foreign movies, the Canadian film industry says he's lost the plot
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies produced outside the country, a move that could devastate the Canadian film landscape — but experts are scratching their heads over how such a tax would work, given how intertwined the global film industry is.
With less than 1% of the vote, does the People's Party of Canada have a future?
After gaining five per cent of the national vote in 2021, the People's Party of Canada lost a sizable chunk of its support on Monday. Does Maxime Bernier's party, which the ex-Conservative pitches as a populist, anti-"globalist" alternative to others, have a future?
Advance polls open across the country Friday morning
Registered voters can cast an early ballot at their assigned polling station between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. until Monday.
Hudson's Bay Company nearly $1B in debt, with court filings painting dire financial portrait
Hudson's Bay Company is nearly a billion dollars in debt, according to court filings that paint a dire portrait of the struggling Canadian department store chain's finances.
Hudson's Bay is in limbo after filing for creditor protection. Here's what you need to know
For now, you can still shop at Hudson's Bay, both in stores and online. But a few things have changed, and the company's future is still up in the air. Here's what you need to know.
Bank of Canada cuts interest rate to 2.75% as country faces 'new crisis' from tariffs
The Bank of Canada has cut its overnight lending rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 per cent, it announced on Wednesday, as an ongoing trade war with the U.S. begins to strain the Canadian economy.
Buying Canadian is a matter of pride for shoppers. For major grocery chains, it's an opportunity
Canada's major food retailers have all rolled out new marketing strategies in recent weeks to meet a newfound demand for Canadian products. With price hikes in play, they're betting on a reputational reset after years of contention between shoppers and consumers came to a boiling point last year.
Spring break shakeup? Canadians taking fewer trips to the U.S., StatsCan says
Data released by Statistics Canada on Monday shows that the number of return trips among Canadians travelling by car to the U.S. declined significantly in February, down 23 per cent compared with a year earlier.