Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:39am EDT. * Clear signal of Fed tapering sparks global asset selloff. * U.S. bond yields soar, hitting high-yielding currencies.

The dollar strengthened versus most of its major peers after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke flagged the case for reduced monetary stimulus if U.S.

Verizon Communications Inc. is looking at a move into Canada's cellular telephone business, one of several possible new entrants whose arrival would salvage the federal government's ambitions for a fourth wireless player across the country.

Calgary could have up to 30 kilometres of separated bike lanes by the year 2020. That's if all goes according to plan with the city's cycle track project, the first phase of which is the soon-to-be-opened cycle track on 7th Street SW.

Imperial Oil Ltd. will close its 95-year-old Dartmouth, N.S., oil refinery and eliminate most of the 400 high-paying jobs it provides in the Halifax area - victims of too much refining capacity in the Atlantic basin and the high cost of imported crude.

Economic growth in Alberta continues to look strong for the remainder of this year, according to the latest RBC Economics Provincial Outlook report.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNQ), the nation's third-largest oil and natural gas producer by market value, is evaluating acquisitions as a lack of export conduits and financing keeps industry share prices depressed.

MONTREAL - Convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard is seen as a likely bidder to purchase retail assets from oil and gas giant Hess as it seeks to further boost its U.S.

TransLink is pitching regional road pricing as a means to generate up to $23 billion to maintain and upgrade Metro Vancouver's transit system over the next 30 years.

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Alison Redford says the United States and Canada share political and environmental values and must work together to become energy independent of those who do not.