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Vernon to embark on immigration pilot projectBusiness | 207749 hits | 12:07 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
As Vernon attempts to get ahead of a looming skilled labour shortage, it’s embarking on the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot program. Selling out fast: Pot stores got vapes and edibles on Christmas EveBusiness | 207474 hits | 7:50 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Products finally arrived in B.C. stores on Dec. 24, more than a year after the federal legalization of dried cannabis, oil and seeds.YouTube star Casey Neistat films his flight in Etihad's A380 'Residence' suite
It's the most expensive plane seat in the world. What do you get? As Casey Neistat found out on a flight from Abu Dhabi to New York, a 'borderline ridiculous' amount of space and privacy.
It's the most expensive plane seat in the world. What do you get? As Casey Neistat found out on a flight from Abu Dhabi to New York, a 'borderline ridiculous' amount of space and privacy. Deficit increasing, debt-to-GDP ratio remains low: federal economic update | CTV News
The Liberal government’s first update on the state of the economy since the federal election shows the federal deficit is rising, while Canada’s debt-to-GDP ratio remains the lowest in the G7. Grizzly Bears are in on the Global Climate Change ConspiracyBusiness | 206786 hits | 2:22 PM on Saturday | posted by BeaverFever
General election 2019: Pound and shares surge
The FTSE is higher while sterling hits its highest level against the dollar since June last year.
Business | 207476 hits | 7:01 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The FTSE is higher while sterling hits its highest level against the dollar since June last year.Surprise US$10 million bonus split among U.S. real estate company's 198 workers | Lifestyle from CTV News
A commercial real estate company based out of Baltimore, Maryland, surprised its 198 employees with a Christmas bonus of USD $10 million.
A commercial real estate company based out of Baltimore, Maryland, surprised its 198 employees with a Christmas bonus of USD $10 million. Amazon To Build NYC Office Without Controversial Tax BreaksBusiness | 206895 hits | 12:03 PM on Sunday | posted by BeaverFever
Canadian families will pay nearly $500 more in 2020 for food
The average Canadian family will pay up to an extra $487 for food next year, according to an annual report involving Halifax and Ontario university researchers that highlights climate change as a culprit for rising prices, especially in the produce depart Moody's downgrades Alberta's credit rating, citing continued dependence on oil
Alberta's credit rating has been downgraded by Moody's, with the agency citing the volatility in the province's dependence on oil and continued fiscal pressures.
The province's rating was downgraded to Aa2 stable from Aa1 negative on Tuesday. Husky Energy cutting capital spending plan for 2020 and 2021 by $500 million | CTV News
Husky Energy Inc. is cutting its capital spending plan for 2020 and 2021 by $500 million compared with its earlier guidance due to what it called changing market conditions. B.C. workers face uncertainty as forestry continues to falter
Thousands of people have lost their jobs as mills shut down across the province. Huawei funds $56M in academic research in Canada. That has some experts concernedBusiness | 207565 hits | 1:47 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Chinese telecom giant Huawei is a major provider of academic research funding in Canada. That has some experts alarmed given the company's reported ties to the Chinese government. How can you know what news is real'
The idea that media outlets and news corporations are biased — sometimes even corrupt — is common amongst most people nowadays.
False or biased news has been an issue for centuries, with terms such as “Yellow Journalism” used to describe news reporter Carbon tax must hit $210 per tonne by 2030 to meet Paris targets, report concludes Social SharingBusiness | 207589 hits | 1:13 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In its final report, a privately-funded policy group concludes that Canada needs a carbon price of $210 per tonne of greenhouse gas emission by 2030 to meet its Paris targets. That would mean a 40-cent rise in prices at the pump in ten years' time. CN Rail and union reach tentative deal, work set to resumeBusiness | 207540 hits | 12:04 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Teamsters Canada said it has reached a tentative deal with CN Rail to end the weeklong strike, establishing an agreement-in-principle to renew the collective agreement for more than 3,000 railway workers. Business | 207684 hits | 1:36 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The strike of 3,200 CN workers is now in its seventh day. Vancouver bubble tea vendors get one-year exemption from straw banBusiness | 207471 hits | 4:42 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The plastic straw ban, if approved by council on Wednesday, will come in effect on April 22, 2020Norwegian sugar tax sends sweet-lovers over border to Sweden
Consumption has fallen to record lows, but candy superstores in the neighbouring country are booming as the levy rises again
Business | 207627 hits | 4:10 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Consumption has fallen to record lows, but candy superstores in the neighbouring country are booming as the levy rises again New federal minister meets with Alberta's energy minister | CTV News
After being named to the federal cabinet earlier this week, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan is in Calgary on Friday, meeting with Alberta's energy minister. Toronto Star axes dozens of jobs despite taking $115K a week in federal bailout fundsBusiness | 207480 hits | 1:20 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Toronto Star will be shedding 73 jobs after halting the publication of StarMetro newspapers throughout the country, despite receiving hefty payroll rebates from the federal government. 1 year on, most oil-and-gas bailout money has moved, federal government says
Canada's $1.6-billion bailout for Alberta's battered oil industry is well underway, but with little transparency about who is getting the money and for what.
Almost $1 billion of the package of loans, guarantees and government grants announced last DecGoogle keeps blacklists of sites and has targeted conservative news sites and blogs' claims report
Google is secretly blacklisting certain sites to prevent them appearing in search results - despite publicly denying doing so - according to an investigation.
Business | 207596 hits | 1:06 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Google is secretly blacklisting certain sites to prevent them appearing in search results - despite publicly denying doing so - according to an investigation. Layoffs hit CBC News amid operating budget declineBusiness | 207636 hits | 11:38 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Citing a decrease in its operating budget, the news division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced layoffs Thursday. 'Some of these guys are going to disappear': Slump hits cannabis industry
As marijuana stocks drop dramatically, some cannabis companies are laying off workers and halting construction on new facilities. Tolko Industries' mill in Kelowna, B.C., to close permanently Jan. 8Business | 207438 hits | 1:13 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Company blames high log costs for failure of Okanagan operation Manitoba families selling what's thought to be biggest cultivated land parcel on Canadian market for $56.5M
The largest piece of cultivated land for sale in Canada isn't in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, southern Alberta or the land of the living skies — it's in northern Manitoba's Carrot River valley. Business | 206949 hits | 11:46 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
'Expect to be audited,' lawyer says as the CRA targets the underground economy in general, and commercial contractors in particular Global brands behind Marmite and Heinz baked beans come under fire for advertising on PornhubBusiness | 206848 hits | 9:24 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Unilever and Kraft Heinz launched huge campaigns on the world's most popular pornographic website, Pornhub, in the last year. The site receives 110million daily visits. Calgary-based Encana plans to shift base to U.S., change name to Ovintiv
Encana Corp., now a Calgary-based company, says it plans to shift its base to the United States and change its name to Ovintiv Inc.
'It's the smart thing to do': Canadian oil driller moves all its rigs to the U.S.
A significant exodus of oil-drilling crews and equipment to the U.S., including hundreds of drilling rigs over the past five years, reflects the depressed state of the industry in Western Canada. It also suggests any return to fortune for the sector 
AI comes to grocery shopping in CanadaBusiness | 207618 hits | 12:58 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The second largest supermarket grocery chain in Canada is rolling out new technology. They’re calling it the “smart cart”. Using terminology like “enhance the shopping experience” and describing the technology [caption id= This is what SNC Lavalin shares have been doing since Liberals won the electionBusiness | 207537 hits | 3:09 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Company found itself inside of political storm earlier this year Warren Buffett-linked company to build $200M wind power farm in AlbertaBusiness | 207364 hits | 4:36 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A company linked to U.S. investor Warren Buffett says it will break ground on a $200-million, 117.6-megawatt wind farm in southeastern Alberta next year. Not even a $75 carbon tax is enough for Canada to meet its climate change targets, IMF saysBusiness | 207371 hits | 11:45 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Analysis of impact of a US$50 a ton carbon tax in Canada, the U.S., China and India showed Canada suffered the least burden on households and industry Business | 207525 hits | 11:31 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A recent award from Ontario’s human rights tribunal should have employers carefully reviewing their HR policies and emailing their employment lawyers. Business | 207012 hits | 1:27 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Immigration consultants and trucking firms with sketchy safety records have found ways to exploit foreign job seekers, sometimes with tragic results when unprepared drivers are sent out on the road, a Globe investigation finds Liberal candidate apologizes for past racist, homophobic and sexist social media postsBusiness | 206906 hits | 11:09 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
From the party that preaches tolerance, inclusion, and equality, this isn't a good look.Jaime Battiste, the federal Liberal candidate for the Nova Scotia riding of Sydney-Victoria, has apologized after the Toronto Sun asked him about damning sexist, homopThe uncertain future of your neighborhood dry cleaner | The Outline
For decades, Korean-American dry cleaning businesses have flourished in New York. But startups are better funded and increasingly aggressive.
For decades, Korean-American dry cleaning businesses have flourished in New York. But startups are better funded and increasingly aggressive. Toronto will no longer issue licences to payday lenders | CTV News
The City of Toronto will no longer hand out liceces to payday lenders, and will prevent them from advertising on city-owned property. 'Absolutely shameful': NSR has harsh words for group of hikers who left member behind
The leader of North Shore Rescue has some harsh words for a group of hikers which left its slowest members behind. One ended up hurt and stranded.Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler fined almost $1BILLION by German prosecutors for breaking diesel rules
German car-making giant Daimler will be forced to pay a fine of €870m ($957m) for breaking diesel emissions regulations, German prosecutors said on Tuesday.
German car-making giant Daimler will be forced to pay a fine of €870m ($957m) for breaking diesel emissions regulations, German prosecutors said on Tuesday.Volkswagen's chief executive and chairman are charged with 'market manipulation'
Prosecutors accuse Herbert Diess and Hans Dieter Poetsch of failing to tell shareholders of billions of dollars in liabilities that Volkswagen was facing because of the scandal, affecting the share price.
Prosecutors accuse Herbert Diess and Hans Dieter Poetsch of failing to tell shareholders of billions of dollars in liabilities that Volkswagen was facing because of the scandal, affecting the share price. One more nail in the coffin': Eight energy companies get booted from Canada's main stock indexBusiness | 207543 hits | 12:08 AM on Wednesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Firms' market capitalization dropped below minimum requirements, the latest sign of difficulties facing the oil and gas sector Reefer real estate: Vancouver cannabis businesses listed for $8.5M, $1.95MBusiness | 207548 hits | 9:35 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Two Vancouver pot shops are listed for sale online, though they're not technically legal businesses yet.Back to Canada News
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