The Ontario government is investing just over $1 billion to expand COVID-19 testing across the province, as well as ramp up case and contact management.
Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott made the announcement at Queen’s Park on Thursday afternoon, saying the hefty investment will mean “more testing...
Prices across the country rose at their fastest annual rate in a decade last month, with the promise of similar numbers through to the fall as the national economic reopening from pandemic measures allows consumers to spend more freely .
Statistics Canada said the 3.6-per-cent increase in the consumer price...
Housing in Canada might feel like it's in a perpetual state of unaffordability, but there's a chance that the Canadian housing market has peaked and we could see a bit of a decline in prices by 2023.
According to a study conducted by Desjardins, wannabe homebuyers can expect to see...
UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Friday for its Nov. 29 intercontinental ballistic missile test, seeking to limit its access to refined petroleum products and crude oil and its earnings from workers abroad. A Security Council resolution adopted...
Divorce at any age or stage in life can be difficult -- both emotionally and financially. Yet, couples divorcing after age 50 face unique financial challenges that should be examined and resolved during the divorce process.
Most couples in this category have the added burden of dividing a life-time of...
Best Buy, one of the country's largest consumer electronics retailers, is laying off about 0.7 per cent of its workforce, estimated to be about 700 employees.
Anna LeGresley, a spokeswoman for Best Buy Canada, says the job losses come as the chain works to “support our stores and serve our...
The country's two major railways exceeded their grain cap in 2017-18, despite shipping less of the stuff than last year, according to the Canadian Transportation Agency.
Canadian National Railway Co. reaped $1.05 million more than its maximum revenue entitlement of $787.01 million for the crop year, which ended July 31,...
Canadian employers project the national average base salary to increase by 4.2 per cent next year, a new survey says.
According to the report by consulting firm Eckler Ltd., the forecast comes as organizations try to balance inflationary pressures, surging interest rates, recession risks and a tight labour market.
British Columbia,...
The Bank of Canada says the national economy will go in reverse for the first quarter of 2021, hammering the hardest-hit workers again on the path to a recovery that rests on the rollout of vaccines.
Workers in high-contact service industries will carry the burden of a new round of...
Pierce Brosnan told India health officials that a brand there "cheated" him by linking the British actor to a product with a reported association with an addictive form of tobacco, the BBC News reported.
In 2016, Brosnan agreed to advertise a so-called breath freshener/tooth whitener for an Indian company called...
