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Black box recovered at Pearson airport plane crash site
Delays at Toronto's Pearson airport may continue today as investigators work to determine what caused Monday's fiery crash landing of a Delta Air Lines plane with 80 people on board.
NDP internal memo tells candidates an election call could happen by March 10
An internal memo to federal NDP candidates and their campaign staff says they should prepare for a federal election call to come as early as March 10, a day after the Liberals are set to announce their new leader.
Gould says she would chart a 'path' to a basic personal income
The Liberal grassroots have backed at least four resolutions for basic income programs at policy conventions including by a vote of 77 per cent at a virtual convention held in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it has never appeared in a campaign platform.
Freeland says she would cap grocery profits and expand competition
Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland will publish a plan today to lower food prices, attacking a key part of the cost-of-living issue that plagued her for much of her tenure as the minister of finance.
Federal government is once again advertising on Meta platforms
Ottawa stopped purchasing ad space from Facebook's parent company in July 2023 after the California-based firm blocked all news content on its platforms in Canada.
Suncor is in good shape to weather a trade war, CEO Rich Kruger says
Speaking on an earnings call Thursday, Kruger said the company's large Canadian refining footprint and higher capacity than peers to export crude from the coast makes it less exposed to tariffs compared to some competitors.
Quebec's tariff retaliation plan has its eye on contracts with U.S. companies
Quebec Premier François Legault and some of his ministers are speaking with CEOs from a pair of banks as well as the heads of the province’s pension fund manager, investment arm and electric utility.
Canadian cabinet minister make last-ditch pitch in D.C. to stop Trump tariffs on Canada
A trio of federal cabinet ministers is in Washington today making a last-ditch attempt to stop U.S. President Donald Trump from imposing economically devastating tariffs on Canadian imports.
Shell leaves the Alberta oilsands
Shell Canada Ltd. is exiting the oilsands in a deal with Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. in an agreement that will see it increase its stake in the Scotford upgrader and Quest Carbon Capture and Storage facility.
Interest rates expected to drop by quarter-point today
That would bring the Bank of Canada's key rate down to three per cent and mark its sixth straight decrease.