Canada's tariffs on Chinese-made EVs pose quandary for next prime minister
Canada announced 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese EVs in August, aligning its policy with the U.S., which had announced them in May. The tariffs generated controversy from the outset, as trade lawyers ...
Insurers brace for billions in losses from California wildfires
Insurers are bracing for losses of as much as US$10 billion from wildfires in Los Angeles after blazes ravaged some of the ...
BMO CEO says Canadian businesses facing more uncertainty than U.S. counterparts
Trump this week reiterated his stance to stick to placing tariffs on Canada, something that surprised Royal Bank of Canada ...
Wall Street expects to shed 200,000 jobs as AI erodes human roles
Global banks are expected to cut as many as 200,000 jobs in the next three to five years as artificial intelligence (AI) encroaches on tasks currently carried out by human workers, according to ...
Aecon schedules fourth quarter and year-end 2024 financial results release and conference call
TORONTO, Jan. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aecon Group Inc. (TSX: ARE) announced today that it intends to release its fourth quarter and year-end 2024 financial results on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 ...
U.S. steel, plastics among imports Canada may target with retaliatory tariffs
Canada fought back against U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs during Trump’s first term by targeting specific American products like playing cards, ketchup and bourbon to put political pressure on Trump ...
British Swim School Founder Rita Goldberg Passes Away, Leaving a Remarkable 40-Year Legacy of Water Safety
Rita Goldberg founded British Swim School in 1981 in Manchester, England. Channeling her drive, resilience and charm, she was determined to conquer all the naysayers and local bureaucracy of the time ...
Why Donald Trump wants Greenland
When Trump first expressed interest in buying Greenland in 2019, he framed it as like “a large real estate deal” and emphasised the economic aspects of prising it away from Denmark. This time, his ...
Political turmoil could derail Pathways Alliance carbon capture project: experts
Heather Exner-Pirot, special advisor on energy to the Business Council of Canada, said the problem for Pathways is that with polls showing the Conservatives are likely to win an upcoming federal ...
Energy minister warns Trump against energy trade war
Donald Trump’s claim that the United States doesn’t need anything from Canada is “simply false,” said Jonathan Wilkinson, ...
'What are you complaining about?': Economists assail Trump's Canada trade claims
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has justified his threat of 25 per cent tariffs on Canada by pointing to the U.S. trade deficit. Top Canadian economists have a response to that: it’s all because ...
RBC partners with Cohere to develop AI financial platform
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) says it has partnered with Cohere Inc. to develop generative artificial intelligence (AI) products for the financial industry. It says the partnership will help create more ...