Stock markets in Asia have been digesting the latest comments from the US Federal Reserve. The Fed's chairman, Ben Bernanke, said central bank could begin pulling back its stimulus measures later this year amid a healthier economic outlook.

The new Governor of the Bank of Canada, Stephen Poloz, makes his first public appearance at an Oakville Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday.

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.

CALGARY - Alberta's economy is positioned to grow at the top-end of Canada's provincial economic growth rankings in 2013 and lead the country in 2014, says a new report released Wednesday by RBC Economics.