The number of people receiving employment insurance benefits fell by 2.4 per cent or 19,100 people in August.

"Comprehensive reform" to federally-regulated pension plans will be announced shortly, finance minister Jim Flaherty said Monday.

Ontario's new law banning the use of hand-held telephone devices while driving has pushed sales of wireless items at one Windsor-based company through the sunroof.

The B.C. Securities Commission has imposed $26 million in penalties on four people it said ran a Ponzi scheme.

The Canadian dollar continued its reversal Monday after a recent runup.