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OxyContin drug maker mulls bankruptcy due to myriad lawsuits
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP explores filing for bankruptcy to address potentially significant liabilities from roughly 2,000 lawsuits alleging the drug manufacturer contributed to the deadly opioid crisis sweeping the United States, people familiar w
Carbon tax costs add up for Slave Lake sawmill, owner saysBusiness | 207044 hits | 1:30 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The owner of a Slave Lake sawmill says he paid nearly $500,000 in carbon taxes in 2018, one day after government staff questioned whether the number was legitimate. Quebec adds another $215M to coffers thanks to carbon market envied by Europe
As some conservative-led provinces try to avoid the federal carbon tax, Quebec has quietly passed the $3-billion mark in total revenues from its own approach to pricing pollution — the carbon market. Canada ordered to pay U.S. concrete company $7M in NAFTA case
New Jersey company used NAFTA investor protections to get compensation after their bid to open a quarry in Nova Scotia was rejected.Bye, Bye Big Gulp; California Tries To Ban Cups That Hold More Than 16 Fluid Ounces
The days of the Big Gulp and other large soda cups may be done soon in California.
Business | 207985 hits | 12:35 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The days of the Big Gulp and other large soda cups may be done soon in California. National Energy Board rules Trans Mountain expansion project should be approved | Globalnews.ca
The decision starts the clock on a 90-day deadline for cabinet to decide whether the project should proceed, but there have already been signals that the deadline could be delayed. Neo-nazi USCG officer arrested for right wing terror plotBusiness | 206913 hits | 5:41 PM on Thursday | posted by BeaverFever
Black market pot sales booming in wake of legalization: CopsBusiness | 207956 hits | 9:16 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The federal Liberals legalized recreational cannabis in Canada last year promising it would inject billions into government coffers and eliminate the black market, among other things. U.S. oil company to sell oilsands assets and leave Canada
Another foreign oil company says it's getting out of the Canadian oilsands. 'Fake' experts on radio shows conned listeners out of millions, victims say
Dozens of Ontario investors say they were conned out of millions of dollars after fraudsters using fake names were featured as investment "experts" on their favourite radio stations — on shows listeners say sounded like news but were actually infomercialsTwo Nigerian actor brothers detained over Jussie Smollett attack
The two African American brothers being questioned over the Jussie Smollett attack are actors Abimbola 'Abel' and Olabinjo 'Ola' Osundairo.
Business | 208210 hits | 11:12 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The two African American brothers being questioned over the Jussie Smollett attack are actors Abimbola 'Abel' and Olabinjo 'Ola' Osundairo. Canada quietly moves to resolve steel spat with Mexico
Finance Minister Bill Morneau has quietly reversed a controversial decision to slap a surtax on two types of Mexican steel imports. The NAFTA partner vigorously objected to being targeted by Canada's emergency safeguards measure last fall and threatened tBusiness | 206965 hits | 12:17 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Pop star Katy Perry is in hot water for selling shoes that evoke — intentionally or not — the racist imagery. Air Canada employee says staff trained to 'dupe' passengers at risk of being bumped from oversold flights
A pair of Air Canada insiders are shedding light on the airline's policy of overselling flights, revealing what they say is a widespread practice of duping passengers into believing they have a seat on a plane and stringing them along until the last possi Did Ontario's Minimum Wage Hike Kill Jobs' A Look At The Numbers, 1 Year LaterBusiness | 206849 hits | 7:30 PM on Sunday | posted by BeaverFever
Sleight of hand on the High Seas: How tankers are getting around tariffs to ship U.S. ethanol to China
The journey of a tanker full of U.S. ethanol to Asia illustrates a broader shift in global trade since U.S. President Donald Trump ignited a trade war with China last spring.
The journey of a tanker full of U.S. ethanol to Asia illustrates a broader shift in global trade since U.S. President Donald Trump ignited a trade war with China last spring. Hawaii may increase legal smoking age to 100
If the law passes, people in Hawaii won't be able to buy cigarettes until they are a century old. Canada's Wireless Providers Make Most Revenue Per GB In The World: StudyBusiness | 208199 hits | 12:23 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canadian telcos make 70 times as much per gigabyte, per person as telcos in India, and 23 times as much as Finland. 'No right to make money off us that way': Woman targeted by baby product marketing after miscarriage
A woman who miscarried twin boys says it was "devastating" to be targeted by baby product companies when she was no longer pregnant. She blames a murky system that sells private information to third-party marketing companies — a practice one expert says i Singh calls on Trudeau to part ways with U.S., Brazil on Venezuela crisisBusiness | 207911 hits | 10:03 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the Liberal government to abandon its decision to side with the U.S. and Brazil over the crisis in Venezuela — hours after two NDP candidates and one MP came out with much stronger statements condemning Ottawa's move 'Ghost kitchen': How a plain storefront hides more than a dozen delivery restaurants
Perogies, churro burgers, beef kufta, you name it — it's all cooked up in one kitchen, sandwiched between two thrift stores on the edge of a southeast Calgary rail yard. Calgary-based company to build $2-B bitumen upgrader facility near Edmonton
The Alberta government is providing a $440-million loan guarantee to help a Calgary-based company build a bitumen upgrader east of Edmonton. 'Everybody's in the dark': How the U.S. government shutdown is starting to hurt Canada
The longest shutdown in American history has halted the flow of vital data to Canadian farmers, already battling with trade uncertainty from the U.S., China conflict Why some Canadian farmers may soon tower 'head and shoulders' above their U.S. rivals in Japan
With a new Asia-Pacific trade deal slashing tariffs, Canada's pork and beef producers see even more potential in a lucrative Japanese market. More than 100 First Nations could purchase the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline
Indigenous leaders will debate this week which financial model is ideal if they are able to purchase the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline project. Governments have made a mess of pot legalizationBusiness | 206890 hits | 12:43 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Terrible dope shortages haunt the land. Illegal dealers push their shoddy wares on the unsuspecting. Oh, the horror! Etc.Once all the various levels of government have finished blaming one another for the stalled launch of legal cannabis, here’sPoland: Huawei exec, Polish security expert spied for China
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has arrested a director at the Chinese tech giant Huawei and one of its own former cybersecurity experts and charged them with spying for China, authorities said Friday.
Business | 206742 hits | 10:12 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has arrested a director at the Chinese tech giant Huawei and one of its own former cybersecurity experts and charged them with spying for China, authorities said Friday. Fire hits licensed Alberta cannabis grow operation on eve of first shipment
It’s not the kind of smoke that cannabis producers want to see anywhere near their product.The newest supplier to Alberta’s shortage-plagued cannabis retailers recently suffered an electrical fire, leading to the destruction of multiple plants just before Alberta rancher refuses to pay carbon tax portion of heating billBusiness | 207527 hits | 9:23 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
In a terse letter to Ontario-based Superior Propane explaining her decision, Sheila Griffith addresses Notley and Trudeau about their failure over Alberta oil CN Rail and CP Rail exceed grain revenue max despite drop in grain shipping
The country's two major railways exceeded their grain cap in 2017-18, despite shipping less of the stuff than last year, according to the Canadian Transportation Agency. Business | 206880 hits | 11:10 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A departure hall at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport was briefly cleared on Monday after a Canadian man claimed to have a bomb, national police said in a statement.Russia bails out Venezuela, pockets key energy assets
CARACAS – As allies go, Venezuela is a relatively cheap one for Russia. But the potential returns on Moscow’s investment there could be priceless.
In exchange for modest loans and bailouts over the past decade, Russia now owns significant parts of at l
Business | 208155 hits | 11:24 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
CARACAS – As allies go, Venezuela is a relatively cheap one for Russia. But the potential returns on Moscow’s investment there could be priceless.
In exchange for modest loans and bailouts over the past decade, Russia now owns significant parts of at l Drawing a line in the oilsandsBusiness | 208339 hits | 2:24 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
After so many battles with industry and government, the mindset of Indigenous leadership has evolved. They lack the resolve to keep going to war against oilsands development when there’s no reason to believe they'll be able to stop it. Meng Wanzhou's arrest exposes China's world domination plotBusiness | 208356 hits | 12:41 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
It turns out that “Princess” Meng, as she is called, is Communist royalty. Her grandfather was a close comrade of Chairman Mao during the Chinese Civil War, who went on to become vice governor of China’s largest province. Business | 207859 hits | 1:30 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The department store says it stopped selling the hats in October, but a shopper spotted them on Saturday. Marlboro owner Altria buys a third of vape company Juul
Marlboro cigarette maker Altria Group Inc. on Thursday announced it would pay $12.8 US billion to take a 35 per cent stake in Juul Labs Inc., a marriage between an old-line tobacco giant and a fast-growing electronic-cigarette rival looking to make inroad 
Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs contradict a key component of the new North American trade agreement dealing with cars.Gatwick Airport chaos: Police send in SNIPERS to shoot down drone
Two drones spotted flying near the runway brought Gatwick airport to a standstill last night with thousands of passengers diverted as far away as Bordeaux and warned the chaos could last all day.
Two drones spotted flying near the runway brought Gatwick airport to a standstill last night with thousands of passengers diverted as far away as Bordeaux and warned the chaos could last all day.As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants
For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive access to users’ personal data than it has disclosed, effectively exempting those business partners from its usual privacy rules, according to internal records and in
Business | 208074 hits | 1:00 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive access to users’ personal data than it has disclosed, effectively exempting those business partners from its usual privacy rules, according to internal records and in 1,000 jobs will be created by $1.2B green energy partnerships between companies, First Nations
Five new green energy collaborations between private companies and Alberta First Nations are expected to create 1,000 jobs and enough renewable electricity to power nearly 300,000 homes. Canadian Chamber of Commerce solidly backs carbon pricing
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says the business community in Canada is solidly backing carbon pricing as the way for it to "play its part in the fight against climate change" — and it wants governments to stop playing politics and waffling about it. 
The 552-carat yellow gem was found at the Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories, and is almost three times the size of the next largest ever found in Canada 'Put on your big boy pants': Money manager slams Bombardier after Via Rail blow
Bombardier Inc.’s disappointment with Via Rail Canada’s decision to award a $1 billion rail contract to Siemens AG is drawing criticism from a Bay Street portfolio manager.
"I would say to Bombardier, put on your big boy pants. This is a competitive bi
Sears customers told to continue paying for worthless extended warranties
Debt collectors are demanding Sears customers continue to pay for extended warranties even though the department store has gone out of business and will not honour them.Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women at All Cost
No more dinners with female colleagues. Don’t sit next to them on flights. Book hotel rooms on different floors. Avoid one-on-one meetings.
Business | 207175 hits | 8:19 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
No more dinners with female colleagues. Don’t sit next to them on flights. Book hotel rooms on different floors. Avoid one-on-one meetings.Back to Canada News
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