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Flair Airlines seeks investors to ‘restructure’ finances and grow fleet

VANCOUVER — Flair Airlines is looking for partners to inject fresh capital into the discount carrier in order to "restructure" its finances and build...

In history of Canadian rail shutdowns, echoes of some current sticking points

MONTREAL — The shutdown at Canada's two major railways last week was not the first time a simultaneous work stoppage brought trains to a...

Canada to hit China with tariffs on electric vehicles, aluminum, steel

HALIFAX — Canada is moving to match the United States with new tariffs on electric vehicles made in China in a bid to keep...

Opinion: Canada’s treatment of internationally trained physicians exacerbates the health-care crisis

Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program has recently come under intense scrutiny, with a new United Nations report by a Special Rapporteur characterizing it as...

Canada to restrict low-wage foreign workers, consider lower immigration targets

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging businesses to hire Canadians as his government announces new restrictions to limit the number of low-wage...

Trudeau insists he still has what Canadians want, despite polling numbers

HALIFAX — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting the suggestion that the Liberals could benefit from a change at the top after the Democratic...

‘Long tail’: Rail shutdown ends, but aftershocks ripple amid drawn-out ramp-up

MONTREAL — The end of the shutdown at Canada's two major railways came too late for the workers at Conifex Timber. Some 250 employees...

Companies take stock of rail shutdown’s hit to economy — and bottom lines

MONTREAL — The economic fallout of the country's rail shutdown is set to come into focus this week as shippers and producers take stock...

Labour board orders rail workers back on the job as Teamsters vow to appeal

Freight trains must start rolling again first thing Monday morning, the federal labour board ruled Saturday as it ordered thousands of rail employees back...

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