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Participants in labour markets can handle matters all on their own own If the Liberal platform is a guide – and we’re a democracy therefore it should be – next week’s budget contains $775 million of new money for a number of “labour market development” initiatives. Though any support for markets among left-of-centre parties is to be encouraged, the thing ...

The crash is over. The rebuilding of Alberta’s energy-fired economy begins. U.S. crude breaks through US$40 as oil rallies for second day on optimism for producer meeting Oil surged above US$40 a barrel in Ny for the first time since December as central banks in the U.S. to Norway signaled they will continue to provide economic stimulus to support demand ...

OTTAWA – Canadians who’ve gripes about their TV providers will quickly possess a new watchdog to hear their complaints. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on Thursday announced it’ll expand the required the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS) to include cable or satellite disputes. The CRTC will require all television providers to become members of the CCTS by Sept. ...

Canadian mall operator Sears Canada Inc decided to sell and lease back a distribution outlet in Calgary, and said it would cut more costs this season, because the company struggles with declining sales. Sears Canada said on Friday it planned to slash costs by an additional $100 million-$127 million in 2016, with many from the cuts planned inside the first ...

Investors in REITs were given another step to worry about: the people who started options are growing older and once they retire, the folks taking their place will need to gain the confidence from the market and could attempt a different strategy. That in a nutshell is the gist of a 35-page report released Thursday by Alex Avery, a genuine ...

Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. will be integrated immediately into Suncor Energy Inc. after minority shareholders voted in support of the takeover. The largest who owns the Syncrude oil sands mine will be delisted from the Toronto stock exchange on Wednesday following a vote on Monday. Suncor presently has to find ways to reduce operating costs and share some operations using its ...

Ladies and Gentlemen: there is a new name at the top of the leader board for that largest bought deal in Canadian history. Moving into first place with an equity financing that is more than two times as big since it’s previous record is TransCanada Corp., which announced a $4.2 billion transaction after markets closed Thursday. Previously, TransCanada’s largest equity financing ...

CALGARY – The Alberta Energy Regulator said on Monday it is implementing additional requirements at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd’s Primrose oilsands project after concluding excessive steaming caused a 6,648-barrel bitumen emulsion leak in 2013. The requirements include permanent limits around the steam volumes the company is permitted to use to extract bitumen from underground reservoirs and a requirement that CNRL ...