1+ hour ago  (393+ words) OTTAWA " As Canadians continue to abandon traditional mail, Canada Post reported a $205-million pre-tax loss in the first quarter of this year. That's $164-million more than the $41-million loss reported by the beleaguered crown corporation in the first quarter of…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (469+ words) Premier pitches Ontario defence sector as feds go on defence spending spree. OTTAWA " Hoping to get in on Canada's newfound push to increase defence spending, Ontario announced the launch of the province's first-ever Defence Industrial Strategy (ODIS) framework Thursday. Speaking…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (647+ words) Canadians are paying record prices for chicken while importing massive quantities of foreign poultry, mostly from the United States. If that sounds contradictory, it's because it is. According to the latest Canadian Association of Regulated Importers (CARI) figures released May…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (443+ words) A new Fraser Institute report says that since 2007-08, combined federal and provincial debt, adjusted for inflation, has almost doubled, from $1. 24 trillion to a projected $2. 44 trillion in 2025-26 See more Toronto Sun on Google "save as a Preferred Source Increasing levels of…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (742+ words) Recent government announcements regarding the HST on new homes and the lowering of development charges in Ontario were welcome news to developers and buyers alike. Homeownership has long been the Canadian dream, and now the HST reductions feed into the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (298+ words) Company's chief executive says the surcharge 'will be removed if or as fuel markets normalize' in Middle East Just as various industries are passing the rising cost of fuel to their customers, one of Canada's largest meat-processing companies said it's…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (670+ words) Affordability" is the word grabbing the headlines in public discourse these days. However, if affordability is a problem, it's important to be clear about what exactly the problem is and what can be done. Gallup has new polling data noting…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (620+ words) More than 80% of newly created revenue in the update has already been spoken for, CPA Canada says OTTAWA " It's a windfall that's already been cashed in. According to the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada), while the federal government's…...

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (450+ words) Tiff Macklem presented a far more cautious outlook than Tuesday's spring economic update OTTAWA " As the world deals with turmoil kicked up by spasmodic U. S. trade policy and the Iran war, the Bank of Canada held its interest rate steady at…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (787+ words) Canadians are no longer bracing for runaway food inflation, but that doesn't mean they've recovered from it. The latest data from the latest Canadian Food Sentiment Index, produced by Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab, suggests something more nuanced: the shock…...