Wheat for May fell 6.25 cents at 4.81 a bushel; May corn was up 1.75 cents at 3.8875 a bushel; May oats was unchanged at $2.3750 a bushel; while May soybeans advanced 13 cents at $10.6075 a bushel. Beef and pork were lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. April live cattle was up 2.25 cents […]
MILWAUKEE — Newspaper publishers across the U.S. already strapped by years of declining revenue say they’re dealing with an existential threat: Recently imposed tariffs on Canadian newsprint driving up their business costs. The tariffs are a response to a complaint to the U.S. Department of Commerce from a hedge fund-owned paper producer in Washington state, […]
VICTORIA — British Columbia Environment Minister George Heyman says he doesn’t expect the province to back down on its battle against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion during a meeting Sunday with the prime minister and Alberta’s premier. Heyman says the government is trying to defend the B.C. coast, its environment and jobs from the potentially […]
The average home sold for $726,930 last month and the B.C. Real Estate Association blames persistently high prices on the lack of properties available for sale
CALGARY — Canada’s oil industry is expected to be back in the black this year thanks to higher oil prices and more production after registering three years of losses. But the Conference Board of Canada says the recovery will be modest and ongoing pipeline capacity problems will likely continue to result in Western Canada’s oil […]
FRANKFURT — Automaker Volkswagen is replacing CEO Matthias Mueller with core brand head Herbert Diess and announcing a new management structure the German automaker said would enable faster decision-making as autonomous and electric cars transform the industry. The company said in a statement Thursday that it would group all its brands and management functions into […]
Georg Serentschy: Facilities-based competition is the best way to ensure long-term benefits for consumers
OTTAWA — Federal government data shows immigrant women in Canada are facing greater employment barriers and earning less money than both male immigrants and Canadian-born women. The information, obtained by the Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act, shows a persistent gap between female immigrants who are both new and established in Canada compared […]
WASHINGTON — The acting head of the IRS says the current tax-filing season has gone well, while acknowledging the tough challenge the cash-strapped agency faces of administering the new tax law that will affect 2019 returns. Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter told Congress Thursday that some 79 million refunds totalling about $226 billion have been […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Latest on the lack of internet connectivity in rural and American Indian communities (all times local): 11:55 a.m. An official with the Federal Communications Commission says investment in broadband infrastructure is critical as it is increasingly determining which cities, towns and tribal nations in the United States will thrive. Commissioner Mignon […]