Business

Business people open to fresh ideas can get a free coaching session from Royal Roads University students this week. Students working toward a graduate certificate in executive coaching are staging 30-minute coaching sessions.

Greece was hit by its third general strike in six weeks Tuesday, as its trade union hopes to persuade politicians to reject a major new austerity program that will condemn the country to more years of hardship in exchange for continued bailout fundin

Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter says Canada's premiers will meet in Halifax to discuss the economy later this month.

? After a 65-year absence, the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs will return to Victoria for its annual Fire-Rescue Canada conference in 2015.

Call it a bear market - three charities have been named as finalists in the race to adopt Zellers' famous mascot Zeddy.

Canada Post to start charging $200 in January

The Canadian publisher of the Yellow Pages directories is showing signs of financial recovery as it adapts the century-old business to the digital age.

Wi-Lan Inc. is reporting a drop in both revenue and profits in the third-quarter, citing the timing of licensing payments as a major reason for the decrease. The patent licensing firm says net income in the three months ended Sept. 30 was $2.

Liquor control branch cracks down on Greater Victoria drinking venues

The Toronto stock market closed little changed Tuesday with traders inclined to do little while hoping that the U.S. presidential election will yield a clear-cut winner. The S&P/TSX composite index drifted 8.42 points higher to 12,361.