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Don’t regulate us like radio, music streamer Spotify tells CRTC
OTTAWA — Music streamer Spotify says Canada’s federal broadcast regulator shouldn’t impose rules meant for…
CSIS says it took steps against dozens of employees over misconduct last year
OTTAWA — Canada’s spy service says it closed 34 misconduct cases last year and concluded…
Gord’s Appliances: Something For Every Budget
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Gord’s Appliances is a top-rated Kamloops institution that has been selling quality home appliances and…
VIA Rail and Unifor reach tentative agreement, strike averted
MONTREAL — Via Rail has reached a tentative deal with the union representing 2,400 workers…
Review: ‘Mario Kart World’ a solid, safe offering for Switch 2’s early adopters
TORONTO — When the hybrid Nintendo Switch console hit the market in 2017, the bold…
Software company Shopify files for initial public offering of up to $100M
OTTAWA – E-commerce software company Shopify Inc. is looking to raise up to US$100 million in an initial public offering.
B.C. mall owner’s push to buy 25 Hudson’s Bay leases faces landlord opposition: docs
TORONTO — An agreement Hudson’s Bay signed to sell about two dozen leases to a…
Steel industry groups say Carney’s retaliatory plan for U.S. tariffs ‘falls short’
OTTAWA — The Canadian Steel Producers Association and United Steelworkers Union are panning Prime Minister…
Watchdog recommends foreign ownership of domestic airlines amid low competition
Canada should allow up to 100 per cent foreign ownership of domestic-only airlines in a…
Decades after Air India 182 bombing, families fear memories of tragedy are fading
Rob Alexander’s father wasn’t supposed to be on Air India Flight 182 on June 23,…
Canada Post reaches deal with second-largest union, negotiations continue with CUPW
OTTAWA — Canada Post says it has reached a contract deal with its second-largest union…
Champagne says Canada won’t pause digital services tax
OTTAWA — Canada won’t put a hold on the digital services tax on big tech…
Scientists question Ottawa more than doubling cod catch in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN’S — Scientists say they are surprised and “puzzled” by the federal fisheries minister’s…
Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok…
CAPP survey shows oilpatch spends billions on Indigenous-affiliated businesses
CALGARY — Oilpatch companies are big spenders on Indigenous-affiliated businesses, according to a survey commissioned…
Budget officer says he expects ramped-up defence spending to deepen deficit
OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer said Thursday he expects the federal government’s deficit will…
Montreal transit agency reinstates “move along” rule to boost sense of security
MONTREAL — Montreal’s public transit agency has reintroduced a no-loitering rule in the city’s subway…
Tariff threats, wars will slow but not collapse global luxury sales in 2025, new study shows
MILAN (AP) — Global sales of personal luxury goods are ”slowing down but not collapsing,”…
Carney’s contentious major projects bill clears committee
OTTAWA — Running roughshod over the environment. Spawning the next Idle No More movement. Picking…
Union slams package company DHL’s ask for federal strike intervention
OTTAWA — Unifor sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and cabinet ministers this…
Carbon budget to keep global warming at 1.5 C could be exhausted in 3 years: report
The world is on pace to emit enough greenhouse gas emissions over the next three…
Keyera says $5.15B deal to buy Plains’ Canadian business to help energy security
CALGARY — Keyera Corp.’s deal to buy the Canadian natural gas liquids business of U.S.…
Bloc Québécois supply management bill moves swiftly through Parliament
OTTAWA — A Bloc Québécois bill to take Canada’s supply management system off the table…
Food company pleads guilty in Edmonton smokehouse death, judge weighs penalty
EDMONTON — A commercial food processing company pleaded guilty Wednesday to a workplace safety charge…