Canadian economy

Justin Trudeau's mere presence makes Canadian businesses the world's most trusted, up from second place under Harper.

Oil prices have dropped about 75 per cent from their peak in June 2014 but that gasoline prices have not fallen as fast, warns Bank of Canada.

The falling loonie has internet advocacy group OpenMedia up in arms over cellphone bill hikes - but that is just the tip of a rather expensive iceberg.

federal Finance Department has laid out some of the subjects expected to be on the agenda, including Liberal promises of public-pension reform and infrastructure spending

Home prices are down, unemployment is up, food bank usage is climbing, as Calgary lurches towards bust.

If next year is anything like 2015, the outlook from the Petroleum Services Association of Canada won't be pretty.

Oil prices plunged to below $50 per barrel one year ago and they've been stuck at that level since.

Revised projections come as fallout from persistently low commodity prices continues to hog-tie business investment and resource exports, says bank.

Population growth and local unemployment also a factor in crime rates, police say.

Finance Minister Joe Oliver says the government is well within its rights to negotiate a massive Pacific Rim trade agreement in the midst of a federal election

Long-awaited 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership is shaping up to be a dominant theme on the campaign trail this week, with speculation rampant that a deal is finally taking shape.

Company is also dropping its 2015 revenue forecast by $1 billion as stocks plummet.

A federal election date may yet be six months away, but Tuesday's promised delivery of the Harper government's first balanced spending blueprint in eight years means the Conservatives are already off