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• 'Not guilty, Your Honour,' Mike Duffy says on Day 1 of Senate expenses trial

  Duffy, the television personality-turned-senator whose disputed expense claims have rocked the Conservative government to its foundations, ...

• Barge terminal gets funding in New Brunswick to allow for bigger projects

  The terminal will be located in the Spruce Lake Industrial Park and include the construction of an access road and a wharf bulkhead. Premier ...

• Russia imports fall by more than a third in first quarter amid sanctions, low ruble

  The customs service says imports totalled $37.9 billion against $59.1 billion the year before. The figures do not include imports from some ...

• Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week 

  - Hudson's Bay Co. earnings. The Canadian retail sector has had a rough start to the year. Target and Future Shop were the biggest names to ...

• Canadian dollar gains against American currency, U.S. index futures lower

  The American dollar has weakened since the U.S. Labour Department reported Friday that only 126,000 jobs were created in March _ the first time ...

• WestJet's March load factor drops to 81.3% as capacity grows more than traffic

  The company's chief executive, Gregg Saretsky, says that the industry's supply has been rising faster than demand in some southern markets and ...

• Loonie this AM: 79.11 cents US, down 0.09 of a cent

  The U.S. dollar is trading at C$1.2641, up 0.15 of a cent. Pound sterling is worth C$1.8740, up 0.20 of a cent, US$1.4825, down 0.02 of a cent. ...

• Temporary foreign workers in low skilled jobs must start leaving Canada today

  The Conservative government set April 1, 2015 as the deadline for temporary foreign workers in low-skilled jobs to either become permanent ...

• Canadian dollar weakens, U.S. index futures edge lower ahead of TSX open

  The loonie traded at 78.89 cents US, down 0.07 of a U.S. cent from the Tuesday close. The S&P/TSX composite index closed Tuesday at ...

• Canada's gross domestic product fell 0.1 per cent in January: Statistics Canada

  Economists had estimated the Canadian economy would shrink by 0.2 per cent during the month after rising 0.3 per cent in December, according to ...