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Big Rigs Begin to Trade Diesel for Electric Motors
The turning radius took some getting used to. So did the gigantic steering wheel. But the electric version of the Freightliner Cascadia big rig was otherwise easy to drive, as I navigated the warehouse parking lot, dodging delivery trucks for Amazon and J B.C. distilleries are lifting spirits by making free hand sanitizerBusiness | 207390 hits | 8:22 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
"We're not an essential service at the end of it. We make alcohol for a living and this is just a teeny way that we can actually help and give back to our community."Business | 207716 hits | 10:48 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Companies that make toilet paper are stunned and scrambling to adjust to the sudden spike in demand triggered by the coronavirus outbreak. Canada-U.S. border closing, $82B in direct aid and stimulus coming: Trudeau | CTV News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the Canada- U.S. border will close to all non-essential travel, and that the federal government is prepared to spend a combined $82 billion on direct financial help and economic stimulus in response to the Federal Reserve cuts rates to zero and launches massive $700 billion quantitative easing program
The Federal Reserve, saying “the coronavirus outbreak has harmed communities and disrupted economic activity in many countries, including the United States,” cut interest rates to essentially zero on Sunday and launched a massive $700 billion quantitative
Business | 207513 hits | 3:14 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Federal Reserve, saying “the coronavirus outbreak has harmed communities and disrupted economic activity in many countries, including the United States,” cut interest rates to essentially zero on Sunday and launched a massive $700 billion quantitative B.C. couple confronted at Costco for buying bulk Lysol wipes to re-sell for profit Social SharingBusiness | 208073 hits | 7:39 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A married couple in Vancouver told the Toronto Star they've made $30,000 selling cleaning products at an inflated price on Amazon during the coronavirus pandemic. High-end Teslas and other electric vehicles could get sideswiped by Liberal luxury taxBusiness | 207530 hits | 11:23 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Taxing the higher end of the EV segment could slow adoption and also the development of EVs, one expert says RBC, CIBC, Bank of America join economists predicting Canada will slump into recession this yearBusiness | 207469 hits | 4:24 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canada’s economy is being battered by the unprecedented slam of the coronavirus, financial market chaos and crashing oil prices Business | 207529 hits | 11:26 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Quebec is where Liberals get their votes. It’s how they stay in power. It’s what they care about most Calgary's Four20 launches $130M lawsuit over failed deal to sell cannabis outletsBusiness | 207416 hits | 8:49 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Poor pot sales don’t justify the failure of a B.C. cannabis company to follow through on a deal to purchase a Calgary-based retailer, a $130-million lawsuit claims. CSIS warns business travellers, academics about 'honey traps' and undercover cab driversBusiness | 207518 hits | 9:33 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canada’s spy agency is now warning Canadians travelling abroad for work that they could be targeted by foreign intelligence services. Average Canadian debt rose 2.7 per cent to $72,950, says Equifax Canada | CTV News
Credit rating agency Equifax Canada says average consumer debt increased 2.7 per cent to reach $72,950 at the end of 2019 as the pace of non-mortgage debt slowed. Energy sector advocate wonders 'who's pulling the strings' in opposing oil and gas projects in CanadaBusiness | 207637 hits | 11:13 AM on Thursday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Stephen Buffalo feels there is a lot of misrepresentation around the resource sector and Indigenous people’s opposition to it. Supreme Court will not hear Trans Mountain pipeline expansion appeal cases | CTV News
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has cleared another legal hurdle. The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear five challenges from environment and Indigenous groups from British Columbia. Work on Coastal GasLink pipeline to resume following draft agreementBusiness | 207397 hits | 1:07 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Work is expected to resume today on a natural gas pipeline in British Columbia that has been at the centre of protests that have disrupted both rail and road traffic in many parts of the country. Business | 207036 hits | 10:16 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Rail blockades across the country have Alberta pork and grain producers’ backs against the wall, say industry leaders.Children as young as eight picked coffee beans for Starbucks
Nespresso also named in TV exposé of labour scandal in Guatemala
Business | 207091 hits | 9:26 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Nespresso also named in TV exposé of labour scandal in GuatemalaRepublican mega-donor buys stake in Twitter and seeks to oust Jack Dorsey
Billionaire Paul Singer’s Elliott Management has taken a ‘sizable stake’ and intends to ‘push for changes’, reports Bloomberg News
Business | 207706 hits | 12:40 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Billionaire Paul Singer’s Elliott Management has taken a ‘sizable stake’ and intends to ‘push for changes’, reports Bloomberg News Now that Teck Frontier is dead, is there a future for Canada's oilsands'
Alberta's oilpatch was dealt another devastating blow this week with Teck Resources'decision to pull the plug on its Frontier project, a move that has some analysts wondering whether the sector has a future in the long term. Four downtown Calgary office buildings, including old Nexen tower, sit empty
While Calgary's downtown vacancy rate has improved ever so slightly from its 25.7 per cent high in 2017, there are four buildings in the core with no office tenants whatsoever.
The most significant of the four is at 801 Seventh Avenue S.W. — formerly Business | 207654 hits | 11:08 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
14 Indigenous communities lost out on potential jobs and benefits agreements with Teck for the projectFallouh: Syria fights terrorism on its land until liberating every span of it
New York, SANA-Acting Charge de ’Affairs of Syria’s permanent mission to the UN, Louay Fallouh, said on Wednesday that some states at UN Security council exploit it to market for baseless allegations and hinder the Syrian state’s measures in protecting it
Business | 207614 hits | 1:36 PM on Wednesday | posted by CharlesAnthony
New York, SANA-Acting Charge de ’Affairs of Syria’s permanent mission to the UN, Louay Fallouh, said on Wednesday that some states at UN Security council exploit it to market for baseless allegations and hinder the Syrian state’s measures in protecting it How a spike in cremation rates is changing the funeral industryBusiness | 207536 hits | 11:54 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canadians are turning away from traditional burial — a trend experts say is changing how the funeral service industry conducts business and how family members honour and remember their loved ones. Ottawa woman banned from cruise in what she calls 'racist' policy linked to coronavirusBusiness | 207419 hits | 10:27 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A family celebration has turned sour after an Ottawa woman was told she won't be able to board a cruise ship because she's Chinese. McClatchy newspaper empire goes into bankruptcy protection
The publisher of the Miami Herald, the Kansas City Star and dozens of other newspapers across the United States is filing for bankruptcy protection.
McClatchy Co.'s 30 newsrooms, including the Charlotte Observer, the News and Observer in Raleigh and th Business | 207560 hits | 1:29 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
PRINCE GEORGE-It didn't crack under pressure. The Downtown Renewable Energy System operated at it's highest le... Canadian man charged in alleged Iranian government money laundering schemeBusiness | 207481 hits | 1:01 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
U.S. prosecutors say a Canadian man lied in a major Iran government money laundering and sanctions evasion case. Google's expansion plans show why Canada's tech boom is here to stay
Google is tripling its workforce in Canada, adding new offices in Toronto, Montreal and Waterloo, Ont. The tech giant is investing in a skills development program to make sure there's enough talent to fill those jobs and funding an accelerator to help sta Trans Mountain pipeline expansion cost balloons to $12.6-billionBusiness | 206918 hits | 11:49 AM on Saturday | posted by Freakinoldguy
The carbon tax is leaving B.C. coldBusiness | 207505 hits | 9:39 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
We've just weathered a record-breaking cold snap in British Columbia and the provincial government was there to tax us for the sin of staying warm. Farm income to fall by up to 12% due to the carbon taxBusiness | 206816 hits | 8:56 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
APAS is calling for all farm expenses to be exempt from the carbon tax after a new report suggests farmers could lose up to 12 per cent their net income to the measure. Trudeau leads the pack when it comes to raising debt: Fraser Institute
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have racked up more debt than any other Canadian government that didn’t fight a world war or endure a recession during the last 125 years. Trudeau hands MasterCard a gift of your moneyBusiness | 207741 hits | 4:12 PM on Thursday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Forget the corporate welfare for Canadian Tire’s electric car chargers or the $12 million Justin Trudeau gave Loblaws to help them buy fridges.We’ve got a new champion for companies pigging out at the taxpayer trough: MasterCard. Tim Hortons removes Beyond Meat offerings from remaining locationsBusiness | 207960 hits | 10:28 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Tim Hortons has stopped selling Beyond Meat products in Ontario and B.C. — the last two provinces serving them after the company scaled back the plant-based offering in September.GM to invest $2.2B in first all-electric vehicle plant, create 2,200 jobs
General Motors confirmed Monday it will invest $2.2 billion to convert an ageing Detroit assembly plant into the manufacturing heart of its “all-electric future.”
General Motors confirmed Monday it will invest $2.2 billion to convert an ageing Detroit assembly plant into the manufacturing heart of its “all-electric future.” 'I was livid': Single mom hit with $32,000 bill to break furnace, air conditioner rental contractBusiness | 207631 hits | 12:33 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Tracy Spence was outraged when Crown Crest Capital told her she'd have to pay $32,406 to buy out her rental contract for her air conditioner and furnace. After being contacted by CBC News, Crown Crest said there was an error and it offered Spence a better Ryerson University terminates agreement with student unionBusiness | 207760 hits | 12:49 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ryerson University announced Friday it has terminated its operating agreement with its student union, leaving one of Canada's largest universities without a student government. All Carlton Cards and Papyrus stores closing within weeks
The owner of greeting card retailers including Carlton Cards and Papyrus is closing all of its stores in North America, including 76 Canadian locations. Major Canadian pot companies facing proposed class-action lawsuits in the U.S.Business | 207393 hits | 9:44 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Some of Canada’s biggest cannabis producers are facing a flurry of proposed class-action lawsuits in the United States after investors were hit with steep financial losses in the stock market.Tesla under investigation over claims three of their models can suddenly accelerate on their own |
A petition claims Tesla Model 3, Model S and Model X that were made and sold from 2013 through to 2019 are suddenly accelerating on their own and have caused 110 crashes over six years
Business | 207290 hits | 1:30 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A petition claims Tesla Model 3, Model S and Model X that were made and sold from 2013 through to 2019 are suddenly accelerating on their own and have caused 110 crashes over six years Maple Leaf CEO asked parliamentarians to not sanction Chinese officialsBusiness | 207482 hits | 1:32 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The CEO of Maple Leaf Foods, Michael McCain, called on parliamentarians to back off on calling for sanctions for Chinese officials last month, according to a copy of a letter obtained by CTV News.Taiwan election: Tsai Ing-wen wins second presidential term
President Tsai Ing-wen sweeps to victory in what is seen as a rebuke to China's growing influence.
Business | 207376 hits | 12:33 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
President Tsai Ing-wen sweeps to victory in what is seen as a rebuke to China's growing influence. 'Bombardier sold us lemons': New York City pulls 300 of company's subway cars from service over door glitchesBusiness | 206764 hits | 12:14 PM on Thursday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Alberta fires back at UN racism committee for criticism of energy megaprojectsBusiness | 206790 hits | 2:06 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
EDMONTON — Alberta’s energy minister says the United Nations is an unelected, unaccountable body that has no business criticizing Canada’s energy megaprojects.Who is Carlos Ghosn and why is he an internationally wanted man'
Interpol has issued an international notice to Lebanon for the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the former auto industry executive who became a fugitive after he turned up in Lebanon on Tuesday. Here's what you need to know about him and his daring escape from Jap
Business | 206869 hits | 12:30 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Interpol has issued an international notice to Lebanon for the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the former auto industry executive who became a fugitive after he turned up in Lebanon on Tuesday. Here's what you need to know about him and his daring escape from JapAmazon 'threatens to fire' climate change activists
The company said employees "may receive a notification" from HR if rules were "not being followed".
Business | 206782 hits | 12:28 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The company said employees "may receive a notification" from HR if rules were "not being followed". Tesla's self-driving Autopilot system under scrutiny after 3 deadly crashesBusiness | 206960 hits | 12:25 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Three crashes involving Teslas that killed three people have increased scrutiny of the company's Autopilot driving system, just months before CEO Elon Musk has planned to put fully self-driving cars on the streets. Canadian scientists develop plan to plant over a billion trees using drone swarms
A group of scientists in Canada have announced a new initiative to use drones to plant new trees cheaply and quickly in part of an effort to fight against the negative effects of climate change and deforestation.Back to Canada News
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