Business

Jewelry maker Cindy Baldassi says she is expecting to lose roughly half of her customers as the trade war between Canada and the United States heats up.

CALGARY — WestJet flight attendants are wrapping up a week-long vote this afternoon on whether to accept a contract deal struck between their union and the airline.

ST. JOHN'S — Premiers in Eastern Canada are once again calling on residents to buy local as Canada squares off against the United States in an escalating trade war.

OTTAWA — Federal conservatives are calling on the government to release the full details of the trade offer from the United States that Canada rejected this week.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:

TORONTO — Canada's big banks are expected to deliver another strong performance when they report third-quarter earnings this week, but money managers and analysts are wary that any missteps could mean volatility for their high-flying shares.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is carefully watching the rise of an alternative credit model that has Canadian investors and banks exposed to half a trillion dollars of loans held largely beyond the public eye.

The new head of Iran's top security body warned Sunday that Tehran will see any country's support for new U.S. economic measures against the Islamic Republic as an “act of war,” while Iran's president defended a memorandum of understanding with the United States as the best way out of the stalled conflict.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to suspend trade talks with the United States has stirred up emotions on both sides of the border, and has drawn the ire of the U.S. president.