Economy, Law & Politics

OTTAWA — International students who graduated from Canadian schools are more likely to be underemployed than their Canadian peers — and many are living with lower incomes as a result.

OTTAWA — Canada's trade surplus with the U.S. widened in December as overall exports rose thanks in part to higher energy prices, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up more than 150 points in late-morning trading, led by gains in industrial, utilities and technology stocks, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 153.52 points at 25,432.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will host a Canada-U.S. economic summit in Toronto on Friday, days after President Donald Trump said he would hold off on his threatened tariffs against Canada for a month.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tech stocks are leading Wall Street lower as attention swings back toward how much profits companies are making and away from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The S&P 500 fell 0.

OTTAWA — As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to hold out the threat of steep tariffs on Canadian imports, the federal trade minister is citing new trade deals with Ecuador and other nations

WASHINGTON — Key cabinet ministers returned to Washington Tuesday to keep pressing Canada's economic case as a month-long pause on Donald Trump's tariff threat has done little to ease Canada's concerns.

Political financing reports show that the collapsed BC United party collected more than $223,000 in donations after it suspended campaigning in last year's provincial election, including tens of thousands received after the Oct. 19 vote.