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TORONTO — Fears of escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict weighed on stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic Tuesday, but Canada's main index recovered from early losses to end slightly up, while U.S. stock markets were mixed.

While employers are free to unilaterally increase and decrease wages to some extent, the law does impose limits on the amount of decrease that will be deemed acceptable by the courts

MONTREAL — Canada Post and the postal workers union found slivers of consensus Tuesday amid talks with a special mediator, but "a lot of ground" remains between them on the key concerns as a countrywide strike entered its fifth day.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nvidia and other tech companies pulled U.S. stock indexes higher after they stumbled in the morning on worries about escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Tuesday.

Former cannabis cultivator Kris Kallu from Richmond files second lawsuit against cousin Avtar Dhillon, a former prominent Vancouver stock promoter who now faces prison time for criminal securities fraud.

OTTAWA — Canada's inflation rate climbed back up to two per cent in October, shifting expectations slightly in favour of a smaller, quarter-percentage point interest rate cut next month.

OTTAWA — One in five immigrants who come to Canada ultimately leave the country within 25 years, with about one-third of those people moving on within the first five years.

Request comes as VPD predicts it will be over budget this year by approximately $9 million.

Study warns governments around the world are taking credit for carbon removed by nature. The result: even if climate targets are met, they won't halt global warming.

The provincial fall fiscal update reflected the new timeline of the hospital rebuild.