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Canada Post workers are on strike. Here's what you need to know about your mail

Canada Post workers are on strike. Here's what you need to know about your mail

TORONTO — Workers at Canada Post went on strike Friday in a move that is expected to create delays and other disruptions to mail and parcel delivery — just as the Crown corporation prepares for what's typically its busiest period.
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Foreign interference inquiry's final report now due by end of January

Foreign interference inquiry's final report now due by end of January

OTTAWA — The federal government is giving an inquiry into foreign interference an extra month to complete its work. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue's final report is now due by the end of January, a month later than expected.
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Stratford woman celebrates by giving back to Ronald McDonald House

Stratford woman celebrates by giving back to Ronald McDonald House

Dupe draws on her own experience to make life better for kids and their families battling illness
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Retail sales up solidly in October as Americans showed continued willingness to spend

Retail sales up solidly in October as Americans showed continued willingness to spend

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans stepped up their spending at retailers last month in the latest sign that healthy consumer spending is driving the economy's steady growth. Retail sales rose 0.
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Stock market today: Wall Street falls again as vaccine makers and tech stocks slide

Stock market today: Wall Street falls again as vaccine makers and tech stocks slide

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling again as their big rally following last week’s presidential election and cut to interest rates continues to fade. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% Friday.
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Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales up, manufacturing sales down in September

Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales up, manufacturing sales down in September

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain rose 0.8 per cent to $82.3 billion in September.
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Germany's Scholz calls Russia's Putin in first such conversation in 2 years

Germany's Scholz calls Russia's Putin in first such conversation in 2 years

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed the war in Ukraine by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in the first such conversation in two years, the German government said.
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Germany's Scholz calls Russia's Putin in first such conversation in 2 years

Germany's Scholz calls Russia's Putin in first such conversation in 2 years

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a one-hour call Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the first such conversation in two years, the German news agency DPA reported.
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Taylor Swift draw comes up big for the local humane society

Taylor Swift draw comes up big for the local humane society

Proceeds of 50/50 draw will help fund community outreach centre for humane society
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Retail sales up solidly in October as Americans showed continued willingness to spend

Retail sales up solidly in October as Americans showed continued willingness to spend

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales rose last month at a healthy pace in the latest sign that consumer spending is driving the economy's steady growth. Retail purchases rose 0.
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