Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled Friday his fiscal priorities for Canada's next parliamentary session, saying his government would try to cut its huge deficit only after the recession ends. In the meantime, he told his Conservative caucus, massive spending to stimulate the economy would continue. "First, we must stay the course for now, the economic action plan has been ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled Friday his fiscal priorities for Canada's next parliamentary session, saying his government would try to cut its huge deficit only after the recession ends. In the meantime, he told his Conservative caucus, massive spending to stimulate the economy would continue. "First, we must stay the course for now, the economic action plan has been ...

The chief executive of CanWest's flagship National Post newspaper has lined up financial backers to bid on the media goliath's Canadian newspaper chain, local media said Friday. Paul Godfrey, former chief executive of Sun Media and the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team, has secured private equity to finance a management-led buyout of the struggling newspapers, said The Globe ...

A Canadian cab driver will fight in court to keep family photos, flags and religious artifacts on his dashboard in violation of a city rule aimed at keeping cabs tidy, local media said Tuesday. Arieh Perecowicz, 65, spends up to 15 hours per day driving passengers around Montreal. He has done so for more than 40 years and he has ...