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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced his second tax break of the campaign targeted at investors Sunday, promising to defer capital gains taxes if the proceeds are reinvested in Canada.  ‘This will be like economic rocket fuel for Canada,’ Conservative leader says in Toronto. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced his second …

Animal advocates in Montreal say they’re noticing an increase in the number of French bulldogs being surrendered because owners are unable or unwilling to pay for their care. Though they’re cute, ‘Frenchies’ often have chronic medical issues — something owners don’t often realize until after they adopt.  French bulldogs are …

Police say they do not believe there are any more undiscovered victims of a Winnipeg serial killer, after investigators spent months combing through thousands of hours of surveillance footage, a spiderweb of his contacts, and conducting a review of his entire life.  Expert on serial murderers thinks police did good …

Over the last few months, academics and scientists in the U.S. have been scrambling to keep their footing on swiftly eroding ground, amid massive Donald Trump-ordered funding cuts and new restrictions. But although a weakening of the American scientific community has far-reaching impacts on the global academic landscape, experts say …

An Ontario judge has rejected a Hudson’s Bay Company restructuring agreement, increasing the likelihood that lenders may seek to push the company into receivership.  Agreement would have given embattled department store a deadline, imposed budget. An Ontario judge has rejected a Hudson’s Bay Company restructuring agreement, increasing the likelihood that …

To find out how often grocery stores are labelling products with Canadian symbols, Marketplace collected data from the websites of some of the country’s largest grocers. We analyzed data from 3 leading grocery chains to see what products are being branded ‘Canadian.’ To show support for Canada amid a trade …

The industrial carbon pricing system in Canada has come under fire during the federal election, raising uncertainty for companies about whether their investments in lowering emissions will pay off.  Uncertainty over the future of industrial carbon pricing hinders investment, analysts say. Cabot Canada has been making carbon black, a powdery …

Tens of thousands of Ontarians are without power as an ice storm pummels parts of the province and threatens even more. A map from Hydro One, the provincial utility, shows roughly 35,000 customers were in the dark because of outages concentrated in cottage country, from Tobermory and Parry Sound to …

After U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on some Canadian goods, some provinces decided to pull American alcohol, including Kentucky bourbon off of store shelves. Louisville, Ky.’s Brough Brothers bourbon distillery has been getting angry emails after its co-founder was in the media speaking about the impact of tariffs.  Kentucky …

Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy was off to a solid start in January, but early signs suggest growth hit a wall in February.  boom in oil and gas in January led to a boost, but retail slowdown in February weighed on GDP Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy was …