No budget for rural internet
Canada’s auditor general says people who live in rural and remote parts of the country don’t have high-speed internet access because the federal government doesn’t want to pay for a plan to give it to them.
Canada’s auditor general says people who live in rural and remote parts of the country don’t have high-speed internet access because the federal government doesn’t want to pay for a plan to give it to them.
The British Columbia government says it’s already seeing positive results from the policies it put in place to address the housing crisis, but one expert says there’s still a long way to go.
Asian shares fall on sign of escalating tensions ahead of Trump-Xi meeting.
Recent turbulence in the U.S. stock markets is spooking some older workers and retirees, a group that was hit particularly hard during the most recent financial crisis.
Canada’s main stock index was in the red in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in energy and financial stocks, while the health-care sector, which includes the big marijuana companies, also lost ground.
Ride-hailing companies could begin operations in B.C. by next fall under legislation introduced today.
The arrest of Nissan Motor Co.’s chairman Carlos Ghosn on charges he underreported his income and misused company funds has shaken many in Japan, abroad.
Disagreement over the body that resolves global trade disputes split Asia-Pacific countries at an international economic summit, leaving the annual gathering the victim of a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.
Britain’s richest man Jim Ratcliffe is hoping to extend his grip on the North Sea by buying oil and gas fields from US giant ConocoPhillips.
Britain’s opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that a second EU referendum is “an option for the future,” but not today.