A confluence of events in North America and Europe — from summer storms to an overseas supply crunch — have contributed to sharp increases in the price of the fossil fuel.

A surge in summer travel across the country has forced Canada’s two biggest airlines to ask staff to help volunteer at airports to overcome staffing challenges, a move that is creating pushback from unions.

Canadian National Railway Co. is dropping its takeover offer for Kansas City Southern, ending its takeover battle for the U.S. railway.

Homeowners who resisted the urge to renovate during the first 18 months of the pandemic may find now is their chance, as lumber prices that soared to dizzying heights in the spring have crashed back down to earth.

Canada's housing market continued to show signs of a slow cool-down in August, as the number of sales ticked lower even as selling prices still headed higher compared to where they were a year ago.

Canada's consumer price index touched its highest level in almost two decades last month, as the price of just about everything is sharply up compared to the lows of a year ago.

An Amazon warehouse in Nisku, Alta. is the target of a unionization drive by Teamsters Local Union 362.

U.S. consumer prices rose at their slowest pace in seven months in August, far less than economists were expecting and a hopeful sign that inflation pressures may be cooling.

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. has signed a five-year agreement with Calgary-based biotechnology company Providence Therapeutics to develop and manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine candidate for about $90 million.

Rising interest rates could have an ugly effect on Canada's housing market. But does anyone believe central banks will actually hike them?