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National employment numbers for October from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA – A quick look at Canada’s October employment (numbers from the previous month in…
St. Lawrence Seaway workers ratify three-year collective agreement
St. Lawrence Seaway workers have ratified a new collective agreement. A tentative agreement was reached…
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of defrauding cryptocurrency customers
NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s spectacular rise and fall in the cryptocurrency…
UAW members at the first Ford plant to go on strike overwhelmingly approve the new contract
DETROIT (AP) — Autoworkers at the first Ford factory to go on strike have voted…
Bombardier revenues ramp up, even as private plane travel falls
MONTREAL – Bombardier Inc. reported a revenue gain of 28 per cent in its latest…
Head of Canadian banking at Scotiabank Dan Rees departing
TORONTO – Scotiabank’s head of Canadian banking is leaving after a 25-year career at the…
OpenText Corp. sees earnings, revenues rise to kickstart financial year
OpenText Corp. says it earned US$80.9 million in the first quarter of its financil year,…
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:…
Tax avoidance: Canadian companies transferred $120B to Luxembourg, study says
MONTREAL – A Quebec research institute says some of Canada’s biggest companies have transferred billions…
TVA Group lays off more than 500 employees as audiences and ad revenues shrink
MONTREAL – The TVA Group says it is laying off 547 employees — nearly a…
Pembina Pipeline reports record third quarter; raises full-year guidance
CALGARY – Pembina Pipeline Corp. says it earned $346 million in the third quarter of…
Stock market today: Wall Street leaps toward its best week of 2023 on hopes for halt to rate hikes
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street roared higher, adding to its rally from the day…
S&P/TSX composite closes up nearly 3%, U.S. stock markets also rise
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index leapt close to three per cent Thursday and U.S.…
Thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could go on strike this month
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel workers fighting for new…
Minister promises changes to temporary visas, but no ‘draconian measures’
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he plans to recalibrate the number of people…
Finance committee calls for feds to block RBC-HSBC deal on competition concerns
OTTAWA – The finance committee of the House of Commons has called on the Finance…
Crescent Point Energy pleased so far with Montney assets bought in $1.7-billion deal
CALGARY – Crescent Point Energy Corp. said Thursday it is pleased with the results it…
Hydro-Québec to invest up to $185 billion by 2035 to increase capacity, reliability
MONTREAL – Quebec’s power utility is planning to spend up to $185 billion over the…
Cenovus Energy reports Q3 profit up; overcomes start-of-year challenges
CALGARY – Cenovus Energy Inc. saw its profits surge in the third quarter as the…
Store-level sales across toy industry ‘disappointing’ in Oct: Spin Master
TORONTO – Spin Master Corp. executives say the lead-up to the usually bustling holiday sales…
Lightspeed Q2 revenue up 25% from year ago as company advances payments strategy
An ongoing shift in its payments processing strategy helped Lightspeed Commerce Inc. record a 25…
Format of public comment meetings for Dakota Access oil pipeline upsets opponents
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline are taking issue with…
The US sanctions more foreign firms in a bid to choke off Russia’s supplies for its war in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on…
PM urged to back off digital tax before White House hemispheric trade summit Friday
WASHINGTON – Business leaders are seizing on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s trip to Washington on…