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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to attend embassy Trump inauguration party

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to attend embassy Trump inauguration party

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to attend the Canadian Embassy's inauguration party in Washington, D.C., where she is to remotely watch the swearing-in of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.
Claims open in $12.5M class-action settlement over WestJet baggage fees

Claims open in $12.5M class-action settlement over WestJet baggage fees

VANCOUVER — Some travellers who checked baggage on certain WestJet flights between 2014 and 2019 may now claim their share of a class-action settlement approved by the British Columbia Supreme Court last month and valued at $12.5 million.
Can AI be Cancon? CRTC launches review of Canadian content definition

Can AI be Cancon? CRTC launches review of Canadian content definition

OTTAWA — The CRTC is looking at how to redefine Canadian content, launching a new consultation on the question with plans to hold a public hearing in the spring.
Ottawa rules out early intervention to end Canada Post strike

Ottawa rules out early intervention to end Canada Post strike

OTTAWA — The Liberal government in Ottawa is signalling it's not currently planning to intervene to end the Canada Post strike, even though the two sides appear to be far apart and the strike is hitting at the busiest time of year for the postal serv
S&P/TSX composite closes down more than 150 points, U.S. stock markets also sink

S&P/TSX composite closes down more than 150 points, U.S. stock markets also sink

TORONTO — Stock markets in Canada and the U.S. fell Friday as investors began to digest the implications of a Donald Trump presidency.
Retail sales up solidly in October as Americans showed continued willingness to spend

Retail sales up solidly in October as Americans showed continued willingness to spend

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans stepped up their spending at retailers last month in the latest sign that healthy consumer spending is driving the economy's steady growth. Retail sales rose 0.
Immigration cuts will help housing gap, PBO says, but less than government projects

Immigration cuts will help housing gap, PBO says, but less than government projects

OTTAWA — The federal government is overestimating the impact its cuts to immigration will have on the country's housing shortage, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer said in a new report.
Canadian men start climb back up rugby sevens ladder later this month at RAN Sevens

Canadian men start climb back up rugby sevens ladder later this month at RAN Sevens

Canada looks to take the first step back up the rugby sevens ladder when it competes in the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens later this month.
N.B. fiscal update projects bigger deficit due to 'significant' travel nurse costs

N.B. fiscal update projects bigger deficit due to 'significant' travel nurse costs

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's new Liberal finance minister is projecting a deficit of $92.1 million for the current fiscal year, a reversal from the $40.9-million surplus budgeted last spring by the previous Progressive Conservative government.
Austria says Russia's Gazprom will cut off natural gas supply this weekend

Austria says Russia's Gazprom will cut off natural gas supply this weekend

VIENNA (AP) — Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom will cut off supplies to Austria’s OMV utility early Saturday, Austria’s chancellor said, adding that his country’s underground gas storage was full and that it had alternative, non-Russi
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