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It appears some key industries facing the threat of new U.S. tariffs may be spared from President Donald Trump’s next shot in his global trade war — at least for the moment. 

23andMe on Sunday filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. after struggling with the fallout of a data breach and weak demand for its ancestry testing kits that featured in Oprah Winfrey's annual list of favourite things just eight years ago.

Liquidation sales are kicking off Monday morning at all but six of Hudson's Bay's locations as the company continues to search for a way to restructure. 

What do farmers want this federal election to be about? Here's why affordability, cutting taxes and dealing with tariffs rank high. CBC News visited an Agricultural Expo in Lethbridge as part of a listening campaign ahead of the federal election campaign.

U.S. President Donald Trump awarded Boeing on Friday the contract to build the U.S. air force's most sophisticated fighter jet yet, handing the company a much-needed win and boosting its shares.

Calgary-based WestJet is considering the use TFWs to fly its planes but the union representing pilots at the airline says it wasn't consulted by either the WestJet or the federal government about the move.

After a week spent seeking a lifeline, an Ontario court has given Canada's oldest company permission to start liquidating all but six of its stores on Monday.

Many Tesla owners who were once proud to own the electric vehicle are reportedly now embarrassed to be associated with the brand as public furor against the company and its CEO, billionaire Elon Musk, gains momentum.

Calgary police are looking into what they believe are two separate arsons linked to Tesla vehicles in the city this week.

Habibi's Mediterranean Foods is recalling its popular Lebanese style hummus because it contains peanuts, which is not declared on the label.

The secret ingredient to help save Shenul Williams's small Pickering, Ont., condiment business was a healthy dash of Canadian patriotism.

Whether the Hudson's Bay Company will undergo a full liquidation or be able to keep some stores afloat is still unknown — the indebted retailer has received another extension from an Ontario judge that will push the decision to the end of the week. 

Activists sprayed paint on the exterior of a Tesla dealership in Montreal on Wednesday, as cases of vandalism climb in the United States and around the world against Elon Musk's electric car company.

Google's parent company, Alphabet, has struck a deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion US in what would be the tech giant's biggest-ever acquisition, a move which comes at the same time it's facing a potential breakup of its internet empire.

Amid the patriotic fervour whipped up by tariff and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, the debate over whether Tim Hortons is Canadian is as hot as a double double.

The Vancouver International Auto Show has removed U.S. electric carmaker Tesla from its event this week, saying its primary concern was the safety of attendees and exhibitors.

McDonald's Canada is trying its hand at a vegetable-based burger — again. The fast-food chain announced Tuesday that it will test its new McVeggie at some restaurants in Langley, Richmond and Surrey, B.C., as well as Brampton and Windsor, Ont., and Dieppe, Moncton, Riverview and Sussex, N.B., until April 14.

The annual rate of inflation accelerated sharply to 2.6 per cent in February as the federal government's temporary tax break came to an end mid-month, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

Some retail experts say the traditional department store is on its way out in Canada because it didn't change with the times.

Soaring demand for electricity is leading some companies to not only think out of the box for a solution, but out of this world, too.