While the term technical recession may have some usefulness as a political tool, does it actually have economic significance? CBC News looked into the definition of a technical recession, how it ...

The Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6 per cent in the third quarter, Statistics Canada said on Friday, avoiding a technical recession largely due to a surge in defence spending.

New GDP figures from Statistics Canada show the economy continued to grow last quarter, allowing Canada to avoid a technical recession. CBC senior reporter Peter Armstrong explains what a technical ...