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Gasoline prices drop to double digits in some Ontario cities
CALGARY - Gasoline prices were falling significantly Tuesday, but an observer warned consumers might be in for another ugly summer next year if they resume their old gas-guzzling habits. The cheape...
Tory help for manufacturing 'desperate act' by Harper: Layton
VANCOUVER - NDP Leader Jack Layton vowed Tuesday to work with all parties in the next Parliament to come up with a plan to protect Canada's economy from the widening credit crisis. Years of greed a...
Mentally disabled man sues Toronto police for $9M after being Tasered
TORONTO - Lawyers for a 43-year-old man who is suing Toronto police for more than $9 million claim he was Tasered at least five times when officers illegally entered his home. The lawsuit claims Ge...
Canadian job market softening but not collapsing, TD economist says
TORONTO - A senior bank economist warns that hiring in most of Canada has already slowed and "will increasingly reflect the softer domestic economy, uncertain global economic climate and weak export d...
Sliding in polls, Harper unveils platform
OTTAWA - Stephen Harper released a long-awaited campaign platform Tuesday that contained only modest new spending proposals, prompting opposition charges that the prime minister doesn't understand the...
Don't switch boats in storm: Harper
TORONTO - Stephen Harper is promising $745 million in tariff relief and loans for hard-hit manufacturers in a bid to polish his tarnished image as a stand-pat custodian of the economy. The prime mi...
Economists say Canada is headed towards an unprecedented economic struggle
TORONTO - Economists say Canada is headed for one of the toughest financial periods in recent memory, but it's hard to tell how bad it could get over the next year and a half. TD Bank (TSX:TD) chie...
Tory platform suddenly needed to stop party's slide in support
OTTAWA - Stephen Harper released his party's campaign platform Tuesday containing only modest new spending proposals that the opposition charged proved the prime minister didn't understand the economi...
Don't switch boats in economic storm: Harper
TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is promising $400 million more in loans for hard-hit manufacturers in a bid to polish his tarnished image as a stand-pat custodian of the economy. And in a s...
Harper promises loans for manufacturers
TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is promising $400 million more in loans for hard-hit manufacturers in a bid to polish his tarnished image as a stand-pat custodian of the economy. And in a s...
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