Trial begins for ex-Hydro employee accused of espionage

LONGUEUIL - A trial is scheduled to begin today for a former employee of Quebec’s electricity utility who is charged with economic espionage for the benefit of China.Yuesheng Wang was

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Maple Leaf's pork business spinoff Canada Packers begins trading on TSX

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Maple Leaf’s pork business spinoff, Canada Packers Inc., traded for the first time Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.The shares,

Budget watchdog says home affordability is getting better — but not everywhere

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OTTAWA - Ottawa’s fiscal watchdog is reporting significant progress in closing Canada’s housing affordability gap — but the picture looks

Montreal-area home sales up 11% in September from last year

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MONTREAL - Quebec’s real estate board says Montreal-area home sales rose 11 per cent in September from a year earlier.The

Vancouver-area home sales up 1.2% in September, still below long-term trend

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VANCOUVER - Vancouver-area home sales inched up in September from last year, but prices are still under pressure as sales

Canada making progress in trade talks with U.S., LeBlanc says

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OTTAWA — Canada is making “progress” in talks to reach a breakthrough on tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump,

Auto sales in September up 3.7 per cent despite tough economic backdrop: DesRosiers

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DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says auto sales in September were “reasonable,” given the ongoing economic uncertainty and trade tensions. The firm

Would you pay $600 for a bottle of Canadian whisky?

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It’s not your grandfather’s Canadian whisky.Never mind that it’s 27 years old, and aged in a barrel made from rare,

Policy hack: How procurement can scale cleantech solutions — and help grow Canada’s economy

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It was a clean-energy fix hiding in plain view. The engineers at Toronto’s Morgan Solar reckoned that standard office blinds

Markets reach new highs despite U.S. government shutdown and economic 'data vacuum'

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TORONTO - Canada’s main stock index reversed earlier losses to finish in positive territory and continue its streak of record