The United Auto Workers union is expanding its strike against U.S. automakers to two new plants, as 7,000 workers at a Ford plant in Chicago and a General Motors assembly factory near Lansing, Mich., will walk off the job at midday on Friday.

In submissions and meetings, industry groups warned Canada's transport regulator that sweeping reforms announced earlier this year will put travellers' safety at risk and drain carriers of cash after a financially devastating COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada's gross domestic product was essentially unchanged in July, as the service sector expanded slightly while goods-producing industries shrank.

Air Canada pilots are set to demonstrate at Toronto's Pearson airport Friday, calling for better wages and working conditions as talks with the country's biggest carrier continue.

Yoga wear giant Lululemon has struck a deal with smart exercise bike company Peloton that will see the two companies stop fighting on each other's turf and instead work together to sell gear, equipment and fitness classes.

Epic Games, the maker of the popular video game Fortnite, is laying off about 870 employees, roughly one-sixth of its staff.

Hyundai and Kia are recalling more than 600,000 vehicles in Canada and millions more in the U.S. due to a problem with the anti-lock braking system that can start a fire.

Alberta was home to 4.7 million people as of July 1, according to annual population estimates released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday — a little more than four per cent higher than the same time last year.

Most people in the workforce need to understand how to work with artificial intelligence or they will face the risk of losing their jobs, experts say.

Target said Tuesday that it will close nine stores in four states, including one in New York City's East Harlem neighbourhood and three in the San Francisco Bay Area, saying that theft and organized retail crime have threatened the safety of its workers and customers.

Surveys of Canadians have repeatedly shown that a majority would choose to prevent the bad things caused by climate change. Politicians think we won't make sacrifices. Maybe we won't have to, writes Don Pittis in his last business column for CBC News.

The federal government says it plans to review the $8-billion sale of Canadian-based grain-handling firm Viterra to a foreign conglomerate.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday, charging the online retailer with harming consumers through higher prices in the latest U.S. government legal action aimed at breaking Big Tech's dominance of the internet.

The federal government is making an additional $20 billion available through the Canada Mortgage Bond program to spur the construction of more rental units.

JPMorgan Chase reached settlements with the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) and former executive Jes Staley to resolve lawsuits over sex trafficking by the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, largely resolving a scandal that has weighed on the largest U.S. bank for months.