Author: The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Air Canada is asking the federal government to be ready to intervene in its labour talks with its pilots as time is running out before a potential shutdown. Airline spokesman Christophe Hennebelle says Air Canada is committed to negotiations but it faces “unreasonable wage demands” from the pilots union that it can’t meet. […]

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says her party will introduce a bill in the House of Commons next week to protect people from online harassment. Rempel Garner says the Liberals have had “almost 10 years” and tried to pass two bills to address the growing problem of online criminal harm and have “failed.” […]

OTTAWA — Canada’s consul general in New York is meeting with MPs today to talk about the purchase of his official residence. Former CTV journalist Tom Clark is answering questions at the House operations committee which is studying the government’s decision to buy a $9-million condo in Manhattan. Conservative members of the committee have called […]

Toronto police say a stabbing in the city’s west end has killed one person and left another wounded. Police say they received reports of an altercation between a group of people at Lakeshore Boulevard West and Islington Avenue shortly after 6 a.m. Thursday. Paramedics took a male victim with stab wounds to the hospital where […]

TORONTO — Tensions are mounting as a potential pilot strike or lockout at Canada’s largest airline is only days away with no signs of a breakthrough in talks. Numerous business groups including the Canadian Chamber of Commerce are set to hold an event in Ottawa today to urge the government to intervene after calling for […]

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the amount Canadians owe relative to their income ticked lower in the second quarter. The agency says household credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income fell to 175.5 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis in the second quarter, down from 176.7 per cent in the first […]

TORONTO — Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. has signed a deal to buy wealth management business Brooks Macdonald Asset Management (International) Ltd. Under the deal for the subsidiary of Brooks Macdonald Group plc, Canaccord Genuity will pay 28 million pounds ($49.6 million) in cash. The company will also pay up to an additional 22.85 million pounds […]

TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada says Katherine Gibson will take over the role of chief financial officer permanently, effective immediately. The big Canadian bank had named Gibson as interim chief financial officer in April when it fired Nadine Ahn for allegedly being in an intimate relationship with another employee that led to conflicts of […]

TORONTO — More workers at the Ontario Science Centre are set to lose their jobs as the abruptly shuttered east-Toronto attraction contemplates a move to a temporary home, potentially in a neighbouring city. Dexterra Group, which provided cleaning services for the attraction, sent a letter to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union last week, saying […]

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Scott Walker loves unions, thinks women should have the right to an abortion and wants to expand health care coverage. If you’re confused, get in line. This Scott Walker isn’t the former Wisconsin governor whose battles with teachers and other public unions made him one of the most polarizing political figures […]