Economy, Law & Politics

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday a suite of new measures to support sectors of the economy hit hardest by U.S. tariffs.

TORONTO — The S&P/TSX composite index was up 32.47 points at 28,948.36. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 232.71 points at 45,388.58. The S&P 500 index was down 27.89 points at 6,474.

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is holding near its records Friday on hopes that the U.S. job market has slowed enough to convince the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates soon to help the economy, but not so much that it brings a recession.

Unemployment rate rises to 6.2%, still below national average

VANCOUVER — Strike action by public service workers from the BC General Employees' Union entered its third day with pickets in front of a Vancouver building that houses a Ministry of Finance office, and the union president says more strike action wil

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby said the temporary foreign worker program should "be cancelled or significantly reformed" because the province can't have an immigration system that's linked to high youth unemployment, while putting pres

Paul Storer, city's director of transportation: "We've seen — unfortunately — hostile vehicle attacks around the world in all sorts of types of spaces, including in bike lanes, sidewalks and plazas."

Stock markets in Canada and the U.S. finished in solidly positive territory as investors on both sides of the border awaited fresh jobs news that could portend possible interest rate cuts. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 164.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose as Wall Street made its final moves ahead of a highly anticipated report on the job market. The S&P climbed 0.8% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 1%.

British Columbia's premier says his government will be fighting a lawsuit by an Aboriginal group based in the United States, saying B.C.'s obligations are to Indigenous people in Canada.