Category Archives: Economy
The Latest: El Salvador to donate vaccine to Honduran towns
SAN SALVADOR El Salvador — The president of El Salvador says he will donate coronavirus vaccines to seven towns in Honduras even though his own country’s vaccination effort is still struggling. El Salvador has administered about 1.25 million shots, not...
Two-year EI review needed to buy time for needed tech upgrades, Qualtrough says
OTTAWA — Canada's employment minister says a budgetary pledge for funding to study changes to the employment insurance system reflects realities that improvements to the safety net can't happen overnight. The federal budget proposed $648 million over s...
Sturgeon: Scotland independence vote matter of when, not if
LONDON — Scotland's leader told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Sunday that a second Scottish independence referendum is “a matter of when, not if," after her party won its fourth straight parliamentary election. Johnson has invited the leaders of...
The Latest: Utility regulator shares discredited theories
PHOENIX — An elected Arizona utility regulator has shared discredited conspiracy theories while trying to persuade energy and power providers not to require their employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The Arizona Republic reports that Arizona Corpor...
Airline industry group wants Ottawa to follow U.K.’s lead, help bring in restart plan
OTTAWA — An industry group is calling on Ottawa to follow the United Kingdom's lead and help bring in a restart plan for Canada's airline sector. Mike McNaney, president and chief executive officer of the National Airlines Council of Canada, says
Biden move to share vaccine designed to spread US influence
WASHINGTON — It won’t speed the manufacture of vaccines. It enraged the developers who delivered lifesaving doses in record time. But President Joe Biden’s decision to support waiving intellectual property rights for coronavirus shots had a broader pur...
A year after jobs data leak, StatCan resumes sharing advance numbers with officials
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada has resumed its practice of giving key federal officials an advance look at its jobs report ahead of its official release. The agency says two people each in the Finance Department and Privy Council Office, which aids
Alberta’s Kenney urges federal government to push U.S. for surplus COVID-19 vaccines
EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney is urging the federal government to push hard to bring surplus COVID-19 vaccines in from the United States. Kenney says he has spoken with regional governors who are stymied by an American export ban on shipping
EU leaders attend summit in person for 1st time this year
PORTO, Portugal — European Union leaders and their large following of diplomats and advisers met Friday in Portugal for two days of in-person talks, signalling their belief that the threat from COVID-19 on the continent is waning amid a quickening
As MPs urge support, Trudeau demurs on whether government backs COVID-19 waiver
WASHINGTON — Justin Trudeau stopped well short Friday of endorsing efforts to lift the veil on the trade secrets behind COVID-19 vaccines, insisting instead that Canada is already doing plenty to improve access to doses around the world. Those efforts ...
