OTTAWA - 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.

TORONTO -- The parent company of small wireless company Mobilicity says its debtholders have approved a plan to sell the company to Telus Corp.

TD bank also announced Thursday that it plans to buy back up to 12 million of its common shares over the coming year, or about 1.3 per cent of the total.

Canada's privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says she's tried naming and shaming some of the world's largest companies into respecting the privacy of Canadians.

Marathon Oil Corp. has called off talks to sell a portion of its stake in a major Alberta oil sands mining operation, adding to a growing list of sales efforts in the sector that have come up dry.

Leading shares have fallen sharply from their recent 13-year highs, as investors took fright at weak Chinese manufacturing data and concerns that the US Federal Reserve might end its bond-buying programme sooner than expected.

A $22-million road extension will be built through south Kitchener after receiving approval from city councillors Wednesday night.

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The CEO of Fraser Surrey Docks says the future of the facility is in jeopardy if a new coal terminal isn't approved. Jeff Scott says much of the dock's business and half its employees disappeared after the global economic downturn in 2008.

With apologies to The Daily Show's Jon Stewart, our national pastime is actually fretting over whether or not we have a housing bubble.