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Income splitting to drain workers from labour force, particularly women: PBO

OTTAWA — The Harper government’s controversial income-splitting tax plan will encourage some workers — particularly women — to leave or …

Cheaper crude oil might actually benefit Canadian economy: RBC study

OTTAWA — Perhaps an era of cheap crude won’t be so bad for Canada after all. A new bank forecast …

Canadian exporters to Russia assess fallout of currency crisis, sanctions

OTTAWA — Canadian exporters stung by Russia’s currency crisis and its retaliatory sanctions against the West wonder what 2015 will …

Harper’s infrastructure plan to trim next year’s surplus by $300M, down to $1.6B

OTTAWA — The Harper government’s already shrinking surplus suddenly got even smaller for the 2015 election year — by $300 …

Harper says he’s optimistic about commodities, despite the ups and downs

OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered soothing words to those battered by the recent tumult in the Canadian …

The world is watching Canada and EU iron out trade deal kinks: WTO head

TORONTO — The director of the influential World Trade Organization says nations around the planet are keeping a close eye …

Lawyers for Lac Megantic accused want charges dropped, call for public inquiry

MONTREAL—The union and lawyers representing two railway employees accused in the Lac-Megantic disaster are urging the Crown to drop the …

One year after rail disaster, Lac Megantic businesses struggle to rebuild

MONTREAL—Claude Charron’s most-recent visit to his Lac-Megantic pharmacy called for head lamps, hard hats and masks to block the pervasive …

‘I’m done,’ says suspect in RCMP shooting in Moncton, N.B., prior to arrest

MONCTON, N.B.—A nerve-wracking manhunt came to an end early Friday morning after police apprehended the suspect wanted in one of …

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