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From skin care to supplements to special snacks, menopause may be a new gold rush in the wellness industry. After years of being overlooked, these women are now staring down an avalanche of products marketed to them, promising relief. But experts warn the results often don't live up to the hype.

A new report from Canada’s monopoly watchdog says pet owners deserve more choice and competitive prices for pet medications.

A year ago, Air Canada promised make the flying experience more accessible for passengers with disabilities, but a Marketplace investigation found it's still falling short when it comes to staff training, boarding procedures and the availability of lift equipment.

Canada and the U.S. are each other's largest trade partners with about $3.6 billion worth of goods and services crossing the border each day.

The union began its latest strike at 11 a.m., affecting the two terminals operated by the company Termont. The latest strike involves up to 320 workers.

A U.S. senator is raising concerns that TD Bank Group executives did not face charges as part of the bank's settlement over its failure to detect large-scale money laundering.

The Canadian economy was flat in August as high interest rates continued to weigh on consumers and businesses, while a preliminary estimate suggests it grew at an annualized rate of one per cent in the third quarter.

Data from Rentals.ca shows rents in Calgary have dipped for two months in a row, and some in the industry say the peak of the hot rental market may be in the rear-view mirror.

Longtime horror fans are delighted to see murderous monsters enjoying broader mainstream acceptance. But filmmakers say success in the genre is hard to come by, and that creating nightmare-inspiring movies can itself be risky and scary.

One large Canadian landlord has stopped using software to help set rent prices after CBC News began an investigation. The software is called YieldStar, and it's under federal investigation in the United States and the subject of a lawsuit from the Department of Justice for collusion, price-fixing and artificially inflating American rents.

Starbucks will stop charging customers an extra fee for substituting dairy milk with a non-dairy alternative, the company announced on Wednesday, part of a series of changes the company says it's trying out to boost a global drop in sales.

Rumble is an anti-censorship YouTube alternative that hosts Alex Jones and Andrew Tate that was founded by Canadian Chris Pavlovski. It’s now suing Check My Ads, an ad watchdog founded by Canadian Claire Atkin.

Canada Post has presented its latest contract offer in labour negotiations with Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) less than a week after the union received a strike mandate from workers.

Canadian oil exports to the United States have reached a record high, buoyed by completion of the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline.

A high-speed rail line linking Canada’s two largest cities, Montreal and Toronto, has been the stuff of dreams — and political campaigns — for decades. But will it actually happen any time soon? And what could it look like if it does?

In 2023, a Canadian taxpayer logged into his Canada Revenue Agency account, falsely amended previous tax returns and wrongly claimed he was owed more than $40 million in refunds. Without verifying any of the newly filed tax slips, the Canada Revenue Agency authorized the payments and began making the initial instalments, according to sources.

The union that represents mechanics and labourers at Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. has filed for conciliation in its contract talks with the railway company.

A U.K.-based artisan cheese distributor, wholesaler, and retailer says it's been "the victim of a sophisticated fraud" after con artists posing as a French wholesale distributor made off with more than £300,000, or more than $540,000 Cdn, in clothbound, award-winning cheddar.

At the height of this year’s tax season, the Canada Revenue Agency discovered that hackers had obtained confidential data used by one of the country’s largest tax preparation firms, H&R Block Canada.

Deaf passenger Georgina Villeneuve says she's tired of having to explain to airlines what the rules are around service animals on flights. The Edmonton woman was kicked off a Porter flight last month after the flight attendant didn't know the airline's own rules.