National Business

CALGARY — Prime Minister Mark Carney killed the consumer carbon levy as one of his first acts upon taking office earlier this month. As of April 1, the price everyday Canadians pay for emissions is to be set at $0.

TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada may see near-term headwinds that drive lower-than-expected performance, but the bank is well positioned amid the current economic uncertainty, chief executive Dave McKay said Thursday.

The chair of transgender studies at the University of Victoria is worried about attendance at this year's Moving Trans History Forward conference, with expectations of a 40 per cent drop in numbers.

TORONTO — After U.S. President Donald Trump began threatening to impose tariffs on Canadian goods, Cassandra Juradinho wound up in the produce section of her grocery store unable to locate romaine lettuce grown domestically.

OTTAWA — San Antonio, Detroit and Kansas City are the three American cities most vulnerable to a trade war, says new research by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The research looked at 41 cities in the U.S.

MONTREAL — Dollarama Inc. says it is looking to grow the Reject Shop, the Australian discount retailer it is buying, to about 700 stores by 2034. The chain currently has just under 400 stores, selling private-label and brand-name products.

MONTREAL — As Montreal grapples with growing homelessness, the Catholic archdiocese in the city is forming a new real estate arm that it says will help ensure any redevelopment of church properties addresses "pressing community needs.

As Canadians scour grocery store shelves for maple leaves amid the trade war with the U.S., some companies are changing their packaging to make their domestic roots more obvious. Crosby Foods is one of them.

The Leger poll suggests that 38 per cent of employed Canadians are worried about losing their jobs over the next year — the lowest percentage of respondents reporting employment anxiety since Jan. 26.

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