SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — For the first time in Puerto Rico’s history, legislators on Thursday introduced a bill created by a federal control board overseeing the island’s finances that aims to impose austerity measures the U.S. territory’s government has rejected. The bill would reduce vacation and sick leave by half, eliminate a popular Christmas […]
The European Commission has urged EU member states to co-operate more closely in fighting diseases, such as measles and flu, saying vaccines against them were among the most powerful and cost-effective …
Amazon, which reported it had over 100 million Prime subscribers last week, said its net sales rose to US$51.04 billion from US$35.7 billion, a year earlier
Despite a decrease in hospitalizations, asthma continues to be one of the leading causes of hospital stays for people younger than 20.
TORONTO — Ford’s decision to discontinue almost all of its car models in North America within two years will leave its Canadian operations intact, since they are focused mainly on sport utility vehicles and light trucks. The car segment of automotive sales has been shrinking since 2012, while sales of sport utility vehicles have grown […]
TORONTO — Ford’s decision to discontinue almost all of its car models in North America within two years will leave its Canadian operations intact, since they are focused mainly on sport utility vehicles and light trucks. The car segment of automotive sales has been shrinking since 2012, while sales of sport utility vehicles have grown […]
OTTAWA — The federal government has unveiled new measures on intellectual property as it seeks to improve Canada’s performance in a critical area of the increasingly important ideas-based economy. Intellectual property, or IP, is about owning, protecting and making money from an idea in any sector through intangible assets like patents, trademarks and copyrights. In […]
TORONTO — Canada’s housing sector is facing a high degree of vulnerability to market instability for the seventh straight quarter, with Toronto, Hamilton, Vancouver and Victoria shouldering the brunt of the risks. That’s according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, which analyzed overheating, acceleration of home prices, overvaluations and overbuilding in markets across the […]
Husky CEO said he didn’t believe there was any connection between Thursday’s fire and other issues that have landed Husky in trouble with regulators in recent years
CALGARY — The federal government says it has finalized regulations that should reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by close to half. The government says the regulations include flexibilities to reduce costs, while ensuring industry meets the target of reducing methane emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2012 levels by […]