Canada

Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, rose 2.4 per cent to $83.3 billion in April.  The overall increase came...

On the morning of April 15, I headed to a branch of Scotiabank in downtown Montreal to cover a pro-Palestine protest. Activists had chosen the venue due to the Canadian...

Raymond James Financial Inc. cut banking jobs in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal this week, the firm’s latest pullback after it closed its Calgary investment-banking office last year in response to...

The official social media account of a Canadian city was mocked and ridiculed into oblivion when people noticed that its public relations stunt was completely nonsensical. Fredericton’s social media team...

One of Canada’s biggest banks says housing affordability is poised to gradually get better — but not enough to bring it close to pre-pandemic levels. A combination of falling interest...

Canada’s privacy commissioner is teaming up with his U.K. counterpart to investigate a data breach discovered last year at 23andMe.  Philippe Dufresne’s office says the joint investigation with U.K. Information...

Canadian tycoon Frank Stronach has been charged with rape and other offenses in a sexual assault investigation.  The 91-year-old founder of auto-parts giant Magna International Inc. was charged on Friday...

A Calgary energy company has been ordered to abandon close to 2,000 wells, pipeline sections and other facilities over concerns about care and maintenance of the sites. But questions remain...

Environmental and social justice advocates in Canada have welcomed a new bill that pledges to develop a national strategy to prevent and address the effects of environmental racism. In a...

The Bank of Canada will announce its latest interest rate decision on Wednesday amid speculation that the central bank might start to cut rates. On balance, financial markets expect the...