Canada's labour market lost 207,000 jobs last month as a spike in COVID-19 variant cases led to renewed public health restrictions and raised concerns about longer-term economic consequences from the pandemic.
The federal government has not extended the April 30 tax deadline for 2020 returns, and accountants say that’s leaving some Canadians in a lurch.
With income tax deadlines approaching, the federal government is warnings that filing late could mean delays of up to two months for anyone hoping to receive any of the various COVID-19 financial relief benefits.
Worker and patient advocates in multiple provinces are calling for permanent paid sick days, arguing that the federal COVID-19 sick leave benefit has too many restrictions for lower-income, precarious and migrant workers.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reminding front-line workers about the availability of a federal sick leave benefit, and is offering premiers more help to speed up their vaccine rollouts as the country faces a third major surge in new cases.
The place of gig workers has become a key issue in ongoing deliberation on how the decades-old employment insurance system will be updated.
As millions of Canadians prepare to file their taxes this spring following an unusual year, it’s proving to be a trickier tax season than normal.
As Canada enters a potential third wave of COVID-19, entrepreneurs across the country are left questioning the future of their businesses, with others mourning the loss of what was.
Canada's auditor general said while she applauds the government's efforts to get money out the door quickly to Canadians who had been impacted financially by the COVID-19 pandemic, less rigorous eligibility screening did lead to cases of abuse.
In her exclusive column on CTVNews.ca, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid shares her financial advice for Bill and Melinda Gates as they end their marriage.
This year brings a filing deadline like no other, but make no mistake, it is a deadline, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca.
You work hard for your money, and now is the time to ensure your money is working hard for you, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca.
On CTVNews.ca, Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid offers advice for potential homebuyers who can't decide between a fixer-upper or a move-in ready house. Which makes most sense for you?
We have all heard stories of people unwittingly losing their money to fraud. When it comes to investing, there are ways to protect yourself, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca.
Levels of both employment and savings are strong, yet 36 per cent of non-homeowners under the age of 40 have given up on owning a home. And what is worse: 62 per cent of Canadians say that most people will be priced out of the housing market in the next decade, according to the RBC Spring Housing Poll. CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid takes a closer look in her column on CTVNews.ca.
More than one in five Canadians are hoping for a home-price crash according to a new report from the Angus Reid Institute, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca.
Health care, job creation and addressing the red-hot housing market should be priorities for the upcoming federal budget, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca.
A significant build up of cash accumulation and easy access to borrowing in a rock bottom interest rate environment have driven real estate demand and prices sky high, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca.
Nova Scotia is reporting a single-day record 227 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, as the active number of cases in the province rises to 1,464.
Manitoba has created a new paid sick leave program for employees who have to miss work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ontario is reporting more than 3,100 new COVID-19 cases for the second day, but officials warn that the data may be underreported.
Two decades after a provincial language law was passed, a certain provision will finally come into force next year. All Quebec companies and government bodies will be getting only French communications from the province, at least in writing.
Despite all of her accomplishments as Canada’s first Asian senator, Vivienne Poy says the celebratory month she helped to create to recognize Canadians of Asian descent has not yet achieved as much as she would have liked.
A wildfire in the vicinity of Tomahawk, Alta., west of Edmonton, forced nearby residents from their homes Thursday.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced growing pressure Friday to impose a strict nationwide lockdown, despite the economic pain it will exact, as a startling surge in coronavirus cases that has pummeled the country's health system shows no signs of abating.
Fire broke out Friday in a London, U.K., apartment tower which has cladding similar to that used on another housing block in the city where 72 people died in a 2017 blaze.
Amnesty International has reversed its decision to strip the jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny of his "prisoner of conscience" status, the human rights group said on Friday.
World powers held a fourth round of high-level talks Friday aimed at bringing the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran, with both sides signalling a willingness to work out the major stumbling blocks.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on the Biden administration to release a detailed plan explaining what rules and health-related benchmarks will guide the reopening of the Canada-U.S. border to non-essential travel, in an effort to provide clarity 'to a confusing and frustrating process.'
A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd's arrest and death, accusing them of wilfully violating the Black man's constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air.
A U.S. federal judge has allowed former reality TV star Josh Duggar to be released as he awaits trial on charges that he downloaded and possessed child pornography.
Justin Bieber's world tour is facing another delay as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on.
The family of Chris Cornell and a doctor who they alleged over-prescribed him drugs before he died have agreed to a settle a lawsuit.
Manitoba has created a new paid sick leave program for employees who have to miss work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Europe's medicines regulator is reviewing reports of a rare nerve-degenerating disorder in people who received AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shots, raising fresh questions about potential side-effects of the vaccine.
While the majority of Canadians will roll up their sleeve for a COVID-19 vaccine when it’s their turn, there are some who may want to consider an alternate injection site, such as the thigh.
The prime minister's chief of staff says she was given no information about a complaint levelled at the former defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance in March 2018 and was told there was "no safety issue" at hand.
Justin Trudeau stopped well short Friday of endorsing efforts to lift the veil on the trade secrets behind COVID-19 vaccines, insisting instead that Canada is already doing plenty to improve access to doses around the world.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushed back Friday against Ontario's ongoing calls for tighter travel restrictions, saying finger-pointing won't help Ontarians as the province grapples with the third wave of COVID-19.
Instagram says it has fixed a problem that saw the removal of multiple posts covering Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and other social justice movements from its platform.
Despite mounting research to show the negative effect smart devices have on our quality of sleep, a new study suggests that blue light reducing features like Apple's Night Shift mode don't actually improve user’s sleep at all.
First came the amazing pictures, then the video. Now NASA is sharing sounds of its little helicopter humming through the thin Martian air.
