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Retail sales continue rebound, having risen 7 months in a row since COVID low in April
Retail sales have risen for seven months in a row and are now more than five per cent higher than they were before the...
Little fear of rate hikes despite expected economic surge: Bank of Canada
What a difference a day makes in the outlook for the Canadian economy. Earlier this week, some economists were predicting that the Bank...
Biden indicates plans to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on 1st day in office, sources confirm
U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has indicated plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit via executive action on his first day in office,...
Policy alignment, predictability to mark Canada-U.S. relationship under Biden, ambassador says
The shared priorities between this country and its southern neighbour — including the COVID-19 crisis, economic recovery and climate policy — will define...
Justin Trudeau issues updated marching orders to cabinet
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued updated mandate letters to his cabinet today, giving ministers direction on key pre-pandemic priorities and addressing new issues...
Senior presumed to have COVID-19 left soiled in bed for days after home care visits cancelled
A Mississauga, Ont., senior who relies on provincially funded home care was left soiled in his bed for days after he and his wife...
While the nation obsessed over vaccine deliveries, the pandemic was getting worse
The arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine in Canada was the first truly good news since the pandemic began nearly a year ago. But it...
Military medical intelligence warnings gathered dust as public health struggled to define COVID-19
Public health officials failed to cite early warnings about the threat of COVID-19 gathered through classified military intelligence as the pandemic crisis emerged a year ago,...
RCMP launch criminal probe into COVID-19 death tied to massive Alberta meat plant outbreak
Ariana Quesada, 16, walked into the RCMP detachment in High River, Alta., on Friday and filed a formal complaint asking police to investigate...
Ontario’s new COVID-19 modelling to show ICUs full by early February: sources
Ontario’s latest COVID-19 modelling will project the province’s intensive care units to be filled beyond capacity by early February, and will also show how...
WestJet cutting jobs and slashing flight capacity by 1/3
WestJet is cutting jobs and slashing its flight capacity by a third because of what the airline calls “instability in the face of...
Will a curfew help get the pandemic under control in Quebec?
Quebec parents bit their nails at the prospect of another extended school closure. Factory owners sounded the alarm over the heavy financial impact...
The trillion-dollar question is how federal spending will position the economy for post-pandemic success
This column is an opinion by Robert Asselin, senior vice-president of policy at the Business Council of Canada, where he leads the development of strategies...
Are we all in this together? The political perils of pandemic travel
COVID-19 is a threat that requires collective action. Unfortunately, some Canadian politicians are demonstrating how hard it can be to marshal a response to...
Knitting is helping this Canadian in Italy make sense of the COVID-19 pandemic
When Canadian lawyer Sarah McLean first took up knitting in 2017, she was drawn to the craft her grandmother loved as a way...
