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Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz describes the use of negative interest rates as one of four 'unconventional monetary policy measures' it would be willing to deploy if faced with a major economic crisis

The number of houses, condos and apartments for rent in Calgary and Edmonton has risen sharply, while rents have fallen across each of those categories, according to data from RentFaster.ca

Joe Groia begins a three-day appeal of his conviction for “incivility” charges by the Law Society of Upper Canada on Dec. 14 in the Ontario Court of Appeal

"Managements at the top performing bank stocks are very good stewards of shareholders' capital."

The parallels between OPEC's current situation and the period when from 1997 to 199, when the group lost control of the market and oil slipped to less that US$10 a barrel, are striking

Prices fell to the lowest since Feb. 20, 2009, dropping for a third day after OPEC decided to keep pumping oil at current rates. West Texas Intermediate crude, the U.S. benchmark, rebounded after hitting US$36

Most analysts are cautious on gold these days, especially since the market anticipates a rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve next week. But there is some mild optimism seeping into the forecasts for 2016

The cases related to projects started years before the company set foot in the country are raising fears that they will discourage investment in Canada's resource sector

The middle class tax cut and corresponding increase on high earners that was pitched as roughly revenue-neutral is now estimated to $1.4 billion

Norfolk Southern Corp. shareholders may be more interested in a takeover by Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. now that it has upped its bid, but rail shippers don't sound all that impressed

The testy exchange comes as activist Bill Ackman joins CP chief Hunter Harrison in a conference call this morning to address the bid. Stay tuned

Anglo American, one of the world’s biggest mining companies, is shrinking to a fraction of its former size to cope with the collapse in commodity prices

As I’ve seen when managing social media accounts for B2C clients, growth in followers typically correlates with a growth in revenue — as it did with Liberal fortunes during most of the campaign

Husky Energy Inc CEO says 'It is self-evident to everybody that we are into uncharted territory and the old rules of OPEC calling the shots are no longer valid'

For Nemaska Lithium the MOU provides the affirmation and the funding and the client to move toward full scale production of lithium products. “We’ll be producing commercial sized samples for other clients in addition to Johnson Matthey.” said Bourassa, “These clients will have qualified product to test and will have guaranteed itself a source of the lithium material it needs.” Nemaska is ready to proceed on the Phase 1 Plant in Shawinigan where it has access to both low-cost hydro power and the natural gas required for its process. Читать дальше...

Canadian Tire is accusing Wal-Mart Canada of some seriously uncharitable holiday misdeeds — and it’s suing the mass merchant for allegedly ripping off its proprietary line of clip-on Christmas lights

If Canada’s big banks were ever prepared to sit back in the face of competition from upstart financial technology companies, the cautionary tales of Blockbuster and Kodak are changing their minds

On a day when bad news dominated, the challenge was to find something positive. We may have been successful. Consider these recent developments

David Garofalo — who becomes chief executive of Goldcorp next April — has a challenging road ahead, but thinks he has just the right skills and experience to handle it

Starting Jan. 1, the changes will lower the income-tax rate on Canadians earning between $45,282 and $90,563 per year, but the rate will increase to 33% for those earning over $200,000 a year

Veresen has again pushed back a sanctioning decision for a LNG project on the coast of Oregon, at the same time as it announced plans to spend almost US$100M on the project next year