TORONTO - The Royal Bank, which faced fierce backlash earlier this year over an outsourcing arrangement with a supplier that used temporary foreign workers, said Friday it won't send work offshore just to save on salaries.

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. has agreed to sell its Allstream business telecommunications arm to an Egyptian investment group and use about half of the $405 million in proceeds to reduce its pension obligations and debt.

By John Tilak. TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell modestly on Friday as fears that the U.S. Federal Reserve will turn off the tap on its stimulus program offset a rise in National Bank of Canada (NA.

The federal government is threatening "retaliatory measures" against the United States in a dispute over meat-labelling rules that Ottawa and the World Trade Organization consider discriminatory.

The world's first carbon capture and storage facility is set to start testing in Saskatchewan and it's already creating international buzz.

A branch of the National Bank is shown on December 8, 2011, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz. Previous Next. A branch of the National Bank is shown on December 8, 2011, in Montreal.

A new study puts Canada near the bottom of the list of developed countries when it comes to laws governing vacation and holiday time.

Clement Gignac was so bullish on the Canadian dollar in 2006 that he went out on a limb that April and forecast it would reach parity with the U.S.

Kinder Morgan Canada has again declined to make public the intended path for its Trans Mountain expansion project, as pipeline companies face the wrath of landowners angered by routes that look good on a map but less so in a backyard.

The city is looking into a long-term strategy to deal with the thousands of potholes dotting Edmonton roads. Transportation manager Bob Boutilier said more money is needed to do roadway maintenance and rehabilitation.