Business

PM's chief of staff had meeting with longtime friend's company

U.S. regulators said 94 per cent of daily oil and 67 per cent of daily natural gas production in U.S. regulated areas of the Gulf of Mexico were shut by Hurricane Isaac Tuesday.

About 200 workers are on strike at a Lillydale Foods Inc. turkey processing plant in Edmonton. The strikers set up a picket line outside the facility after contract talks broke down last week.

Business declines as digital devices replace paper; 1,700 to lose jobs

Computer security experts are warning about a new vulnerability involving the ubiquitous Java plug-in, which allows programs to be run inside a web browser.

Average must double by 2025

It has been almost four years since Tracey Phan's father died at a mushroom farm near Vancouver, one of three workers killed when toxic gas leaked into a small shed on the site. An investigation by WorkSafe B.C.

Nearly half of Canadians are ready to put money away with their tax-free savings accounts, but a new survey finds that doesn't necessarily mean they're using them.

Fires were extinguished Tuesday at Venezuela's biggest oil refinery after raging for more than three days following a deadly explosion. The flames were put out in the three fuel tanks that had been ablaze at the Amuay refinery.

The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is reviewing an arbitrator's decision that finds the auto insurer benefited from unpaid overtime to its office employees.