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'One year faster': Province providing up to $73M to accelerate Gardiner repairs

'One year faster': Province providing up to $73M to accelerate Gardiner repairs

TORONTO — Ontario will provide up to $73 million to help speed up repairs on a busy Toronto highway, so long as work on the Gardiner Expressway can be done around the clock.
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Privacy commissioner probing customers' claims they can't delete PC Optimum accounts

Privacy commissioner probing customers' claims they can't delete PC Optimum accounts

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has opened an investigation into allegations that some Loblaw customers have been unable to delete their PC Optimum accounts.
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BoC's Macklem says he wants growth to pick back up as bank cuts key rate again

BoC's Macklem says he wants growth to pick back up as bank cuts key rate again

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada appeared to be increasingly concerned about the risk of high interest rates slowing the economy and inflation by more than necessary as it delivered a second consecutive rate cut Wednesday.
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Competition Bureau investigating retail gasoline consultancy Kalibrate

Competition Bureau investigating retail gasoline consultancy Kalibrate

GATINEAU, Que. — The federal Competition Bureau says it has launched an investigation into retail gasoline consultancy Kalibrate to see whether the services it offers are negatively affecting competition between gas stations in Canada.
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Teck Resources achieves record copper output as QB mine project continues to ramp up

Teck Resources achieves record copper output as QB mine project continues to ramp up

With the sale of its coal business now firmly in the rear-view mirror, Canadian miner Teck Resources Ltd. marked its transition to a pure-play metals company by achieving record copper production in its second quarter.
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Here's what the Bank of Canada's rate drop means for the loonie

Here's what the Bank of Canada's rate drop means for the loonie

The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate for the second time this year to 4.5 per cent. Here's what the decision means for the Canadian dollar. How has the decision affected the Canada-U.S.
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Plane crashes just after takeoff from Nepal's capital, killing 18 people. Pilot is lone survivor

Plane crashes just after takeoff from Nepal's capital, killing 18 people. Pilot is lone survivor

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A plane crashed Wednesday just after taking off from Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor.
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Rogers CEO predicts 'heightened' wireless churn across sector to persist

Rogers CEO predicts 'heightened' wireless churn across sector to persist

TORONTO — The chief executive of Rogers Communications Inc. says it will likely take the better part of a year before Canada's telecommunications sector sees a calming of the competitive intensity prompting many wireless customers to change carriers.
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WestJet partners with Telus to give rewards members free satellite internet service

WestJet partners with Telus to give rewards members free satellite internet service

CALGARY — WestJet and Telus Corp. are partnering up to provide free internet service aboard flights for members of the airline's loyalty program starting this December.
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Jasper evacuees forced into B.C. to flee fires told to make U-turn to Alberta for aid

Jasper evacuees forced into B.C. to flee fires told to make U-turn to Alberta for aid

EDMONTON — Thousands of wildfire evacuees forced from Jasper National Park into British Columbia along smoke-choked mountain roads Monday were directed Tuesday to make a wide U-turn and head home if they needed a place to stay.
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