Canadian economy grows

Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product grew 0.3 per cent in January as the economy bounced back after contracting in November and December. Economists on average had expected no growth for the month, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon. The growth came as 18 of 20 industrial sectors moved higher. Goods-producing industries increased 0.6 per […]

Hydro exec tapped by Ont

Hydro One says an executive from BC Hydro will become the new president and CEO of Ontario’s partially privatized utility. Mark Poweska, who currently serves as BC Hydro’s executive vice president of operations, will start work at Hydro One in early May. The company says Poweska was chosen after an international search process, and will […]

Chrysler cutting 1,500 jobs

Federal Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains is in Windsor today to offer support to workers facing layoffs at Fiat Chrysler. The company announced Thursday it would cut the third shift at its Windsor plant at the end of September at a loss of about 1,500 jobs. Bains says in a statement he is “very disappointed” […]

‘Absurd’ canola ban

A Quebec Conservative MP is calling China’s decision to ban canola imports from Canada “absurd.” Tory MP Luc Berthold shot back at China during a meeting Friday of the House of Commons agriculture committee in Ottawa. The committee is debating a Conservative motion to compel testimony from Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, International Trade Minister […]

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