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Higher chocolate prices part of wider trend as climate, other factors disrupt supply
Higher chocolate prices this Easter after bad crops on the other side of the world…
Rise of the techie cargo thieves: How digitally savvy theft has invaded trucking
MONTREAL – One day last spring, Peel police Det. Mark Haywood executed a search warrant…
Longtime Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos dies at 94
BALTIMORE (AP) — Peter Angelos, owner of a Baltimore Orioles team that endured long losing…
S&P/TSX composite down more than 100 points, one day after breaking record
Canada’s main stock index took a breather Friday, closing down more than 100 points a…
Stock market today: Wall Street hangs near records as it closes its best week of the year
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street had a wobbly finish to its best week of…
Atlantic Canada’s insolvent SaltWire Network granted extension to creditor protection
HALIFAX – A Nova Scotia judge approved Friday an extension to a court order protecting…
Lululemon shares sink on disappointing outlook, slowdown in U.S. business
Shares in Lululemon Athletica Inc. were down about 15 per cent in afternoon trading Fridayas…
Stellantis lays off about 400 salaried workers to handle uncertainty in electric vehicle transition
DETROIT (AP) — Jeep maker Stellantis is laying off about 400 white-collar workers in the…
Federal government posts $25.7-billion deficit between April and January
OTTAWA – The federal government recorded a budgetary deficit of $25.7 billion as of the…
French President Macron regrets the Senate’s vote to reject the EU-Canada trade deal
BRUSSELS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday he “regrets” the Senate’s vote to…
Trump’s social media company approved to go public, potentially netting former president billions
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is returning to the stock market. Shareholders of Digital…
Stellantis recalls over 10,000 cars in Canada over faulty airbags
TORONTO – Stellantis has recalled more than 10,000 Dodge and Chrysler sedans in Canada due…
2 men arrested over an Irish gas station explosion that killed 10 in 2022
LONDON (AP) — Two men were arrested Friday in connection with a gas station explosion…
Investor seeks to replace three directors on Algonquin Power & Utilities board
OAKVILLE, Ont. – A U.S. investor is seeking to replace three directors on the board…
Statistics Canada reports retail sales down in January as new car sales fell
A retreat in new car purchases helped push the country’s retail sales down 0.3 per…
Federal cannabis review calls for look at tax structure among 54 recommendations
A group convened by the federal government to study the legislation that made cannabis legal…
Transat CEO lost out on half-million-dollar bonus due to federal loans
MONTREAL – Federal loans to Transat A.T. Inc. cost the tour operator’s CEO nearly half…
White former officers get sentences of 10 to 40 years in torture of 2 Black men in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday finished handing down prison terms of…
Key recommendations from the government’s review of the Cannabis Act
OTTAWA – More than five years after cannabis was legalized in Canada, the government has…
Lululemon earnings rise to US$669.5 million in the fourth quarter
VANCOUVER – Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it earned US$669.5 million in its fourth quarter, up…
Pathways Alliance to file for regulator approval on carbon capture project
CALGARY – A consortium of Canada’s largest oilsands companies will submit an application before the…
Rogers to deploy 5G cameras, sensors to manage traffic at five Toronto intersections
TORONTO – The City of Toronto has given Rogers Communications Inc. the green light to…
Alimentation Couche-Tard seeing low-income customers cut back on store visits: CEO
The head of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says lower-income consumers feeling “strained” by economic headwinds are…
Competition Bureau recommends open banking to bolster financial sector competition
Canada’s competition watchdog is urging Ottawa to adopt an open banking framework that would ease…