Virus outbreak in several sun destination markets, a sagging loonie and warmer weather at home are combining to deter many Canadian travellers from making their annual pilgrimage south.

The country's central bank is maintaining its trend-setting interest rate at 0.5 per cent, it said Wednesday, citing rebounding oil prices and improved economic conditions.

U.S. shoppers may not be streaming across the border in huge numbers yet, but there’s been a noticeable rise in cross-border clicks at Canadian online shops, new data shows.

The parent company of Weston Foods and Loblaw, will raise prices on some of its food products this year to help protect it from a weaker dollar.

The price of fresh vegetables surged in January, Statistics Canada said Friday, helping to lift the overall inflation rate to 2.0 per cent.

The flow of federal employment insurance benefits is rising fast to out-of-work Canadians in formerly booming regions, new data shows. Claims are falling though in other parts of the country.

Demand is faltering for trips to popular U.S. destinations, country's biggest airline says, while average length of stay is shortening.

From the plunging loonie to bringing attention to human trafficking and a push to extend the orange line on the STM, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.

A combination of ample snow this season and a low currency is setting off a boom of sorts on British Columbia’s renowned ski slopes. Just visit Whistler.

Amid high hopes that manufacturing will drive economic growth as the energy sector falters, federal documents warn sector's rebirth is staring at big obstacles.