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Canada escapes crosshairs as US takes aim at foreign trade

Businesses watching today's tariff announcements from the US…

Consumers get break as BC eliminating carbon tax April 1

Energy costs are set to go down starting April 1 as the province…

Bank drops interest rate, citing trade war uncertainty

The Bank of Canada made another cut to interest rates today,…

New report offers insight into Canadian real estate

What do the current events of 2025 mean for Canada's real estate…

BC Budget 2025 attempts to tackle trade war’s unknowns

The best news from yesterday’s BC Budget 2025 announcement…

Food prices drop for first time since 2017: CPI at 1.9%

Canada's inflation rate ticked up slightly in January, to 1.9%. “The…

Tariff threat on hold, but clock ticks for new plan for Canada

Businesses were quick to respond to the imminent threat of US…

Bank cuts interest rates again as uncertainty remains

This morning, the Bank of Canada reduced its target for the overnight…

Inflation falls lower in December: Statistics Canada

There was good news from Statistics Canada this week as the agency…

Eight predictions for Canada’s economy in 2025

No one knows what the future holds, but that doesn't mean we…

Second big-rate-cut aims to spur business investment

The Bank of Canada slashed its overnight rate by 0.5% for the…

Helping make sense of inflation/interest forecasts

Over the past two years, a new pastime emerged called "what will…