OTTAWA — Canadian food banks are wading into the hot political debate over how best the federal government can help families with kids: give them tax breaks, as the Conservatives are doing, or invest in regulated child care, as the NDP proposes.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Paul Davis faces a major test as Newfoundland and Labrador premier with three byelections scheduled this month, the first in a Progressive Conservative stronghold.
TORONTO — Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) plans to cut 1,500 jobs — about two-thirds of them in Canada — as it restructures its operations and closes 120 branches at its international banking arm.
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Chris Alexander says the government will comply with a court ruling that set today as a deadline to create a new refugee health care program.
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced a voluntary agreement by Visa and Mastercard to reduce merchant credit card fees to an average effective rate of 1.5 per cent for the next five years.
TORONTO — The most senior producer at the CBC Radio show "Q" is taking time off amid the scandal around its former host, Jian Ghomeshi, a spokesman said Tuesday.