Economy
WestJet Strike Ends After One Day as CUPE Reaches Tentative Agreement with Airline
It lasted less than a day. Early Monday morning, at 4:15 a.m. Mountain time, WestJet and the Canadian Union of Public Employees reached a tentative agreement that ended a...
Economy
WestJet Strike Ends With Tentative Deal, But Vancouver Passengers Still Face Cancellations
The strike is over — on paper, at least — but for many travellers passing through Vancouver International Airport on Monday, the disruption was...
Economy
WestJet Strike Grounds Hundreds of Flights, Leaving 250,000 Passengers Stranded at the Height of Summer
A Strike That Stopped Summer Travel in Its Tracks
Roughly 4,400 WestJet flight attendants walked off the job at 12:01 a.m. Mountain Time on August...
Economy
Carney Keeps Canada’s Trade Options Close to His Chest as U.S. Tariff Deadline Looms
Mark Carney is not tipping his hand.
The Prime Minister, appearing in Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday alongside Premier Danielle Smith for a housing announcement,...
Economy
Atea Pharmaceuticals Reports Phase 3 Trial Success for Hepatitis C Drug Combination, But Shares Fall
Atea Pharmaceuticals announced positive topline results on World Hepatitis Day from its pivotal Phase 3 trial evaluating a once-daily fixed-dose combination therapy for chronic...
Economy
Kelowna Gets Economic and Tourism Boost as BC Summer Games Draw Thousands of Visitors
The 2026 BC Summer Games brought approximately 2,600 athletes and thousands of additional visitors to Kelowna this week, generating an estimated economic impact of...
Economy
WestJet Offers Fee-Free Rebooking as Strike Deadline Approaches
With a legal strike window opening as early as August 2, WestJet is giving passengers a way out — and the summer travel season...
Economy
Quebec Weighs Joining Interprovincial Alcohol Agreement as Nine Provinces Move Ahead
A New Framework for Alcohol Trade Across Canada
Nine provincial premiers have signed an agreement to permit direct-to-consumer alcohol sales across provincial borders, marking a...
Economy
Vancouver Spent $6 Million on Severance Packages in 2024 — More Than All Previous Years Combined
Vancouver's City Hall paid out $6 million in severance to departing non-unionized employees in 2024. That figure, obtained through a freedom of information request...
Economy
Bank of Canada Holds Steady as June Inflation Cools, but Energy Uncertainty Lingers
Canada's inflation rate eased to 2.8 per cent in June, pulled lower by a sharp drop in gasoline prices, but economists are cautioning against...
Economy
The ‘Energy Superpower’ Promise: Why Canada’s Pipeline Bet May Not Pay Off
Canada is already an energy superpower. That's the problem.
Faced with a sluggish economy and mounting uncertainty about its trading relationships, the federal government has...