2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (124+ words) TORONTO — CIBC says it is committing $2 billion to support small- and medium-sized businesses in the defence industry and those with dual uses in the civilian sector. The lender says the funding is intended to help Canadian companies scale and strengthen…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (495+ words) FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has ordered the province's public sector to stop buying American products when Canadian substitutes are available, saying the move is in response to the latest round of U.S. tariffs. As well, Holt announced Thursday…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (348+ words) TORONTO — Businesses affected by a new round of American tariffs and bans set to take effect later this month will be eligible for Ontario's support programs, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that in response…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (664+ words) OTTAWA — Canadian politicians are pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump's executive orders limiting Canadian businesses' access to procurement contracts and deploying a new set of tariffs. The five new orders, which will take effect Sept. 29, will completely bar imports…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (581+ words) U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says it's "a little unhinged" for Canadian leaders to call the country's tariff fight with Washington a war. "For us, it's business, it's economics," he told the Financial Times, pushing back on Prime Minister Mark Carney's…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (218+ words) OTTAWA — A new report says Newfoundland and Labrador is expected to lead the country's economic growth for a second year in a row, driven by higher crude prices and offshore oil projects. Signal49 Research, previously the Conference Board of Canada, says…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (318+ words) BANFF — As President Donald Trump's trade war intensifies, Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet is gathering for two days of closed-door meetings in the mountain resort town of Banff, Alta. Trump lashed out again Tuesday by signing executive orders to ban…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (916+ words) MONTREAL — The trade war with the United States and Quebec sovereignty took centre stage as leaders of Quebec's five main parties appeared in back-to-back interviews on prime time television Wednesday evening. The agora of the legislature in Quebec City was…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (673+ words) OTTAWA — New U.S. tariffs and trade restrictions on Canadian goods are unlikely to significantly affect Canadian economic growth in the near term, economists said Wednesday. Yet the latest escalation raises the risk of a more prolonged trade conflict, adding uncertainty…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (356+ words) OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed new executive orders to retaliate after Canada imposed its latest set of counter tariffs on the United States. The five new orders, which will take effect later this month, will completely bar…...