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Canadians who are self-employed must file their 2023 income tax and benefit returns by Monday, June 17. The official due
August 12, 2026
Canadians who are self-employed must file their 2023 income tax and benefit returns by Monday, June 17. The official due
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 12, 2024 1:10 pm Updated June 12, 2024 1:11 pm 1 min read
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Bank of Canada should consider better communication of its monetary policy
Canada’s banking regulator conceded to members of Parliament that there’s an “imbalance” in how the mortgage stress test is applied
The first interest rate cut from the Bank of Canada in more than four years will not be enough to
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government’s proposed changes to capital gains taxes tabled Monday are the “defining measure” of
The Edmonton Oilers’ Stanley Cup playoff run and the Formula One Montreal Grand Prix will bring zero net economic impacts
The cost of your next flight is likely to go up. That’s the word from the International Air Transport Association,
GameStop shares surged more than 70 per cent premarket on Monday after “Roaring Kitty” Keith Gill, the stocks influencer behind
The Bank of Canada’s first interest rate cut in over four years on Wednesday will have a “psychological” impact on
The Bank of Canada lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point on Wednesday, marking a significant turning point
Canadians planning a road trip this summer could see some relief at the pumps but a volatile energy market and
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 4, 2024 7:40 am Updated June 4, 2024 3:16 pm 1 min read
A woman from a small New Brunswick town said she was on the verge of tears after discovering she had
The economic stars appear to be aligning for the Bank of Canada to deliver an interest rate cut on Wednesday,
Amid uncertainty in the economy and the still-present pressures of inflation, a new survey shows the country is split on
Bank of Montreal on Wednesday missed analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit, hurt by weakness at its U.S. segment and as
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Fitch revised the outlook on Toronto-Dominion Bank’s credit ratings to “negative” from
Ongoing anti-money laundering probes at TD Bank and penalties levied at other Canadian financial institutions aren’t likely to have a
Signs of slowing economic growth could set up “fireworks” at the Bank of Canada’s interest rate decision next week, one
The number of complaints about grocery weight labelling filed to Canada’s food regulatory authority has gone up in the past
Freshly released data from the Canada Revenue Agency reveals just how much the typical saver was able to put into
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), the country’s No.1 bank, on Thursday surpassed analysts’ expectations for quarterly profit, driven by strength
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Pilots at WestJet’s regional carrier could be going on strike at the
The federal government is aiming to make housing affordable for younger Canadians while retaining property value for existing homeowners, Prime
Risk in the mortgage market has likely more than doubled since 2019, according to new research by the Canada Mortgage
Younger Canadians may be feeling a bigger burden from higher interest rates than older cohorts, with a new report from
Rising strain in auto loans and Canadian mortgages led Scotiabank to set aside more money in case they go bad,
A bid to exit publicly traded markets could give Indigo Books & Music the “nimbleness” needed for the struggling retailer
A new survey suggests that a growing number of Canadians are hoping to squeeze in a summer getaway despite persistent
Canadian households have gotten good news on the cost-of-living front so far in 2024, with monthly inflation figures showing prices
TD Bank on Thursday reported better than expected quarterly earnings helped by strength in Canada and its wealth management unit,
Almost two-thirds of Canadians feel that inflation at the grocery store is getting worse, a new poll suggests, even as
While there’s still room for surprises, Canadian banks are set to report results after a second quarter that was notable
Economists and market watchers are firming up their bets for Bank of Canada interest rate cuts after another soft inflation
Nestle will market a new, US$5 line of frozen pizzas and protein-enriched pastas in the United States which it says
Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S.-based restaurant chain Red Lobster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Walmart Inc. reported another quarter of strong quarterly results Thursday as its low prices pull in shoppers scouring for discounts
A “trifecta” of conditions in Canada’s housing market last quarter translated into the biggest improvement in affordability since 2019, National
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The Canada Revenue Agency will not go after tenants for tax owed by their landlords living out of the country,
Canadians hitting the road this May long weekend won’t need to worry too much about a big jump at the
Loblaw Cos. Ltd. said Thursday it’s ready to sign on to the grocery code of conduct, paving the way for
A couple from Nova Scotia say they’re permanently throwing in the towel on housework after waking up $5-million richer on
Canada’s broadcasting regulator has granted Corus Entertainment Inc.’s request to ease some of its Canadian content spending requirements after the
A surge in new listings but a lack of demand from buyers is putting the Canadian housing market in its
Many Canadian homeowners have felt the pain of higher interest rates when it’s come time to renew their mortgage, but
Canadians shopping for a new vehicle this spring and summer might find a bit of relief from recent years of
Shares of videogame retailer GameStop jumped more than 50 per cent in early trading on Monday after “Roaring Kitty,” a
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 13, 2024 11:52 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article
Canada Post is continuing to bleed money amid fundamental shifts in mail delivery, pushing the Crown corporation to signal that
Canada’s renters are showing more signs of financial stress amid rising debt costs than homeowners facing higher mortgage rates, according
The federal anti-money laundering agency has issued a $6-million fine to cryptocurrency exchange company Binance Holdings Ltd. Fintrac says Binance failed to register with
The recently completed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will boost Canadian oil prices for “years” to come, an executive with oilsands
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify forecast its slowest quarterly revenue growth in two
Wildfires are already burning in parts of Western Canada and with warnings of a particularly active season yet again this
Apple on Tuesday introduced a new, larger consumer iPad model at a virtual event, putting a slightly newer chip in
The majority of Canadian retirees are supporting their adult children financially, which they say is having a negative impact on
An online campaign urging shoppers to boycott Loblaw stores is unlikely to leave a lasting scar on the company’s bottom
A series of demographic forces reshaping Canada has left many adult Canadians “sandwiched” between unpaid caregiving responsibilities for the generations
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Loblaw chairman Galen Weston, as well as the company’s new chief executive, pushed back on what they called “misguided criticism” of
The head of the Bank of Canada says there’s a “limit” to how much Canadian monetary policy can diverge from
Air Canada lost $81 million in its first quarter, falling below analysts’ expectations even as revenue and capacity ramped up.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t plan
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 1, 2024 8:39 am Updated May 1, 2024 8:40 am 1 min read
As Canada is braces for another record wildfire season, the climate crisis is bleeding into another major challenge facing Canadians
Looming changes to how capital gains are taxed are spurring some “anxiety” in Canada’s cottage country, some real estate experts
A boycott targeting Loblaw is gaining momentum online, with what could be thousands of shoppers taking their money elsewhere in
Students graduating from post-secondary schools in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island have some of the highest student loan debt
The Bank of Canada’s top policymakers have a “diversity of views” about when they expect interest rate cuts to start,
Investing in cryptocurrencies is picking up steam, according to a new survey, even in the face of potential volatility and
Graham Isador says it feels strange to think about himself as one of the “lucky ones” in Toronto’s notoriously unaffordable
Only one in 10 Canadians plan on investing their tax refund this year as other financial demands take priority, a
The cost-of-living crisis facing Canadians is only getting more bleak, according to new polling that shows everything from buying a
By 2028, a Honda manufacturing plant in Alliston, Ont., should be ready to pump out 240,000 electric vehicles (EVs) every
Shares of Meta Platforms sank nearly 15 per cent on Thursday, sparking a selloff in big tech stocks after the
Grocery price inflation may finally be slowing across Canada, but as some food costs remain high, a new report has
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Amid a cost-of-living crisis, Ikea Canada says it has lowered its prices
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland are continuing to defend the 2024 federal budget’s proposed changes to
The federal government is looking at making Islamic home financing increasingly accessible to help more Canadians break into the housing
Tim Hortons says there’s no merit to a proposed class action lawsuit regarding emails it sent out in error to
Tim Hortons is under fire again for mistakenly telling some customers they had won big in a contest – the second
A sharp uptick in gas prices is fuelling road rage in some parts of Canada on Thursday. Many motorists filling
Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to
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Bitcoin’s long-anticipated ‘halving’ is, depending on where you sit, a vital event that will burnish the cryptocurrency’s value as an
Olympic sports bodies criticized World Athletics on Friday for promising to pay US$50,000 for each track and field gold medal
Netflix NFLX.O blew past Wall Street expectations on new customers for the second straight quarter on Thursday but signaled the
Some Canadians making money from capital gains are set to pay higher taxes starting this year, according to the federal
The Liberal government’s 2024 federal budget tabled Tuesday held a clear focus on “fairness” among generations and efforts to make
The federal government expects that its latest effort to discourage Canadians from smoking, contained in the federal budget tabled Tuesday, will generate
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 16, 2024 10:13 am Updated April 16, 2024 10:15 am 1 min read
Market watchers say some Canadian lenders are raising their fixed-mortgage rates on offer despite indications from the Bank of Canada
The Liberal government faces a slowing economy and an uphill battle in the polls as it prepares to table its
For the majority of Canadians who don’t own property, the dream of homeownership is feeling elusive, a new CIBC report
The federal government has announced a series of measures to make it easier for first-time buyers to break into the
Canadian homes will be nearly 10 per cent more expensive at the end of 2024 than they were the year
Last month, the federal government proposed tying rent payments to credit scores, a new way to help Canadians build their
Peak inflation rates in 2022 cost Canadians a major chunk of their wages, according to a new Statistics Canada report.
The Liberal government’s plan to allow some first-time homebuyers to stretch their mortgage amortizations to 30 years will only improve
Canada will need to build roughly 1.3 million more new homes than are currently projected to eliminate the gap between
An internal report from Canada’s financial crimes watchdog found that most banking and real estate companies it audited last year
The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday amid signs that inflation is easing, with officials
Consumer inflation remained persistently high last month, boosted by gas, rents, auto insurance and other items, the government said Wednesday
A Conservative MP is calling on the taxpayers’ ombudsperson to conduct a “systemic review” of the Canada Revenue Agency‘s recent handling
Fears that the spring housing market could “overheat” will be in the background as the Bank of Canada readies for
To get an idea of the financial toll extreme weather is taking on this country’s agriculture industry, look no further
Dollarama Inc.’s new chief financial officer says shrinkage — a metric the company uses to track inventory lost through theft,
Peter Corry from Alberta says he recently paid $700 for an accountant to file his bare trust tax returns, out
Some Canadian high school girls want to take their “pink tax” fight to the House of Commons, calling on the
Canadians are mostly looking for help paying their bills in the 2024 federal budget, not investments in the military or
When Canada Goose employees received an email on Monday, March 25, telling them not to come into the office the
The Canadian unemployment rate jumped up to 6.1 per cent in March amid rapid growth in the labour force, Statistics
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 4, 2024 2:23 pm Updated April 4, 2024 4:26 pm 1 min read
Empire Co. Ltd. chief executive Michael Medline said there’s no evidence that a grocery code of conduct would raise food
The number of Canadians contributing to registered retirement savings plans in 2022 shrank overall, a new report shows. The proportion
Canadians aren’t likely to see gas cost less than a dollar a litre in the future, according to a price-monitoring
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Several Quebec Tim Hortons franchisees are taking the brand’s owner to court, blaming what they describe as unreasonable constraints in the company’s licensing
The recent demise of Lynx Air leaves Flair Airlines alone holding the banner for ultra-low-cost carriers in the Canadian airspace.
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadians with bare trust arrangements, such as a co-signed mortgage or joint
The construction of purpose-built rentals and condominiums hit “record levels” in 2023, data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new measures he says will help protect Canadian renters and help them break into the housing market ahead
Business leaders see the housing crisis as the biggest risk to the economy, a new survey from KPMG Canada shows.
When Sarah Morin hears the phrase “axe the tax,” what enters her mind is “freedom.” The 41-year-old is a stay-at-home
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 25, 2024 1:38 pm Updated March 25, 2024 2:17 pm 1 min read
Flair Airlines is facing service issues on its website affecting customers’ ability to book a flight with the low-cost carrier.
Spring is officially underway in Canada, and for some it may mean deciding whether this could be the year to
The Bank of Canada’s governing council seems to be growing in confidence that the central bank will be able to
Some Canadians who opened a first home savings account (FHSA) in 2023 have faced delays getting their tax return processed
Reddit soared in its Wall Street debut as investors pushed the valued of the company close to US$9 billion seconds
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 22, 2024 9:39 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article
Flair Airlines is putting up fewer flights domestically in Canada this spring, but the low-cost carrier’s CEO says it’s part
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Signs of progress in the Bank of Canada’s inflation fight are “very
Canada’s competition watchdog is urging Ottawa to drop requirements for some borrowers to pass the mortgage stress test at renewal,
Canadians with extra spending cash right now might find they can score deals on clothing, some discretionary items and higher-ticket
Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024, fueling
Imagine sitting down with a messy pile of T-slips and old receipts to file your tax return one line at
A flight between Calgary and Cancun that usually takes around six hours ended up being a three-day affair for one
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 19, 2024 7:38 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article
Canada’s federal budget, due next month, is likely to allocate billions of dollars for investing in building homes and low
Economists say inflation likely flared up again in February amid higher gasoline prices, reinforcing the expectation that the journey back
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 15, 2024 9:49 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article
Working women in Canada are facing a “pervasive motherhood penalty,” with 70 per cent of employed mothers saying they don’t
If you’re part of a joint bank account or have co-signed a mortgage, you might be part of something called
Some mortgage rates are getting cheaper heading into the busy spring housing market, but experts say you’ll likely need to
Forty per cent of Canadian industries are “highly vulnerable” to external demand and supply shocks, Statistics Canada says. The federal
When Gobindbir Singh describes the stress international students are under, he remembers a young man who called in tears. Unable
A group of oil shippers is asking the Canada Energy Regulator to compel the company behind the Trans Mountain pipeline
For some Loblaw customers in Ontario, their next grocery run might look and feel a little different. Canada’s largest grocery
With mortgage rates causing stress for many Canadians and rents across the country on the rise, many are looking for
The Canadian mortgage space is already seeing some rates on offer decline heading into the spring market, despite no clear
Consumer prices in the United States picked up last month, a sign that inflation remains a persistent challenge for the
Business insolvencies will likely remain elevated throughout 2024, experts said, as the economy plays catch-up after historically low levels during
A long-promised revolution in banking is headed to Canada, but you might not notice when it arrives. Change is in the
With the cost of living through the roof, Canadian pet owners are also grappling with soaring veterinary bills that can
This article is part of Global News’ Home School series, which provides Canadians the basics they need to know about the housing
Canada’s employers are still hiring, but not enough to keep the unemployment rate from rising amid a rapidly growing population,
Lobsters in southwestern Nova Scotia are selling at the highest price seen so far this season, as fishermen struggle with
The Liberal government is facing a tough fiscal position heading into the 2024 budget, according to new projections from the
Fort McKay First Nation and Suncor Energy announced Thursday they’re partnering on a prospective oilsands lease development on the northeast
The Bank of Canada left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday and signalled it’s still too soon to ease
Home insurance has become more expensive in Canada this year amid soaring replacement costs and extreme weather events, according to
Bitcoin’s price hit a new high on Tuesday after a months-long rally, the latest step on a volatile journey for
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 5, 2024 2:03 pm Updated March 5, 2024 2:47 pm 1 min read
The Bank of Canada is expected to preach patience at its interest rate announcement this week as economists say weakening
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Bitcoin rallied to a two-year high on Monday, breaking above US$65,000 as a wave
With the 2024 tax filing season in full swing, most working Canadians will likely soon start feeling the impact of
It’s been two years since the Bank of Canada started the most aggressive interest rate hike campaign in its history
Wedding planning can be stressful as it is, but a last-minute cancellation by a venue or vendor can only make
Nearly a third of Canadians are considering buying a home with others, renting out a secondary unit and other “non-traditional”
The national economy managed to skirt a technical recession in 2023, a Statistics Canada report Thursday showed. And while the
Bitcoin’s price hit US$60,000 on Wednesday for the first time in more than two years, as a surge of capital
Many Canadians who’ve been boxed out of the housing market since the Bank of Canada started hiking interest rates almost
A new survey has found nearly one-third of Canadian young adults have been victims of an online scam, despite being
The gender pay gap for female employees in Canada’s private sector is double that in the public sector, which is
Boeing is not as committed to safety as it claims it is, an FAA report concluded. An investigation by the
Canadian crude-by-rail shipments nearly doubled in volume in the last six months of 2023, as oil output from Alberta surged
For the first time in four years, Canadians will mark Feb. 29 this Thursday. Thousands of Canadians born on Feb.
Dollarama has reached a proposed national $2.5 million settlement in Quebec Superior Court in a class-action lawsuit that alleged the
Nvidia on Wednesday forecast a roughly threefold surge in quarterly revenue that handily beat estimates as the company banked on
When it comes to the idea of becoming a parent, more men want children than women, according to a new
Galen Weston may not be the president of grocery giant Loblaw anymore, but you wouldn’t know that based on how
Nvidia, the chipmaker underpinning a much-hyped artificial intelligence revolution, saw its market capitalization pass US$2 trillion for the first time
The federal government’s carbon price could generate more than $5 billion from the federal sales tax over the next seven
With Canada’s housing market “starting to turn a corner,” there is growing demand for homeownership with a “colossally high” number of
Higher interest rates and resilient home prices mean most Canadians are getting less for their homes at the $1-million benchmark,
Canadians might have to pay more for chocolate and candies this Easter as manufacturers feel the crunch of high cocoa
The federal government is cutting the amount of financial relief small businesses will receive from carbon pricing revenues so it
Multiple grocery store staples saw price hikes not only ease but reverse course in January, according to Statistics Canada. The
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Trudeau Liberals are set to announce that the federal government will
In Canada, renters are more likely than homeowners to experience a lower quality of life, including financial distress and loneliness,
Restaurant Brands International beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly results on Tuesday, lifted by signs of a turnaround at its
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s Shopify topped Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit on
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Air Canada AC.TO lifted forecast for its 2024 core profit on Friday,
A class-action settlement that would see Toronto Dominion Bank pay out nearly $16 million has been approved – one of
The annual pace of housing starts in January slowed by 10 per cent compared with December, as the rate of
Electric vehicle (EV) owners in Canada may start to see their insurance rates jolt in the coming years, a new
Canada’s housing market is “starting to turn a corner,” the country’s national real estate association says. According to the latest