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The Canada Revenue Agency headquarters in Ottawa is shown on November 4, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Tax collectors, auditors to help field 'historic' numbers of benefit-seeking callers

Canada Revenue Agency employees know a giant spotlight will be pointed at them come Monday. That's when they begin the monumental task of delivering on historic federal benefits meant to mitigate the disastrous economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. 32

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

TSX rises on record surge in crude oil prices on promised OPEC ceasefire

Canada's main stock index moved higher as energy stocks surged on a record move in crude oil prices on a promised ceasefire between Russia and Saudi Arabia. 9

Statistics Canada building and signs are pictured in Ottawa on July 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Statistics Canada reports trade deficit narrowed in February to $983 million

Canada's merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $983 million in February compared with $1.7 billion in January, as the economic impact of COVID-19 showed some of its first signs with a drop in trade with China. 9

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump says he expects Russia, Saudis to cut oil production

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he expects Saudi Arabia and Russia will dramatically cut production and end an oil war that sent energy prices to record lows. 9

Canadian National locomotives are seen Monday, February 23, 2015 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

CN Rail notches record grain movement for March as it clears blockade backlog

Canadian National Railway Co. hit an all-time record for March grain movement.

The Bank of Montreal Financial Group building in downtown Toronto is shown on Tuesday, January 28, 2014. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)

Canadian banks gear up for virtual AGMs to stop the spread of COVID-19

Canadian businesses are watching some of the country's biggest companies handle virtual shareholder meetings. 9

A picture taken on December 14, 2019 shows the Total oil refinery at Gonfreville-l'Orcher, near Le Havre, northwestern France, after a fire erupted but was brought under control. (Jean-Francois Monier/AFP/Getty Images)

The world could soon run out of space to store oil

A price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia could create a supply glut so epic that the world runs out of room to store all the unneeded barrels of oil.

A real estate sign is pictured in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)

'Steady' home buyer demand in Metro Vancouver at the start of March in spite of pandemic

Even in the middle of a global pandemic, Metro Vancouver home sales stayed steady through March, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says. 7

Oilpatch workers face pay cuts and layoffs as companies react to low prices

Cenovus Energy Inc. is temporarily suspending its dividend and cutting its capital spending plan by an additional $150 million on top of a reduction announced last month.

GESCA Ltee Director Paul Desmarais appears before the Kent Commission inquiry into the news paper industry in Ottawa on April 7, 1981. (Chuck Mitchell / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Philanthropist Sophie Desmarais donates $1M to COVID-19 research in Montreal

Canadian philanthropist Sophie Desmarais, daughter of Canadian financier Paul Desmarais, has donated $1 million to boost COVID-19 research in Montreal. 1

A SoftBank shop in Tokyo is pictured in this April 9, 2019, photo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Japan's SoftBank ends WeWork tender, remains behind bailout

Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. called off its offering of up to US$3 billion worth of shares in office-space rental venture WeWork, though it remains committed to its $5 billion bailout of the financially troubled company.

Workers restock grocery store shelves with canned goods early in the morning in Toronto on Friday March 13, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Why empty shelves don't mean we're out of food: How Canada's supply chain works

Shoppers are facing empty shelves at some stores due to unprecedented demand for food and other goods even as grocers assure Canadians coping with the COVID-19 outbreak that plenty of new items are on the way and manufacturers say they have the raw materials they need. 9