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This year's annual FedEx Express Holiday Shopping Survey reveals a whopping 78 percent of Canadian holiday shoppers expect to spend the same or more this holiday season compared to last year. The surv...

Empire Company which owns chains like Sobeys, Safeway, IGA and Lawtons is being very quiet about a system-wide IT issue which has impacted pharmacies, gift cards and loyalty cards. Moncton area cybers...

Ottawa has announced additional funding to connect more rural communities to high-speed internet. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement in Oromocto, N.B., on Tuesday. Trudeau said a $475...

Early risers will get the chance to witness the last total lunar eclipse of the year. Beginning Tuesday, at 5:09 a.m. (AST), or 4:09 a.m. (EST), the celestial lineup of the Sun, Earth, and the moon wi...

A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died in Iraq. Captain Eric Cheung (CHUNG) died on Saturday in Baghdad. In a release, the Department of National Defence describes his death as "non-operationa...

Health Ministers will meet in British Columbia this week. This is the first time since 2018 that federal, provincial and territorial Ministers will get together face to face. Meetings are planned for ...

For most Canadians, clocks will fall back an hour on Sunday at 2 a.m. as we move from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time. While we will gain an hour of sleep this weekend, sleep researcher Julie Ca...

Unemployment held steady at 5.2 percent while employment rose 0.6 percent in October, Statistics Canada reports. Approximately 108,000 jobs were added to the Canadian economy last month in manufacturi...

The federal government anticipates a mild recession in early 2023, according to the fall economic statement Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland delivered in the House of Commons on November 3. Mea...

Rising costs are driving some to charge it instead of using cash. Mark Marshall, Licensed Insolvency Trustee with Allan Marshall and Associates, feels in tough times, people need to prioritize, "Roof ...