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How Air Canada's Dreamliner could change Canadian air travel
Air Canada is staging an elaborate show-and-tell Tuesday to unveil the first of its new fleet of 787 Dreamliners, a state-of-the-art plane that promises to deliver a more comfortable travel experience. But aviation experts are mixed on how positively it w Tony Fisher fired as Target Canada president
Target has fired the president of its troubled Canadian operations, Tony Fisher, and is replacing him with a 15-year U.S. company veteran. Film company accused of foreign worker fraud, extortionBusiness | 206958 hits | 9:32 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
An Iranian couple goes public about how a B.C. business charged the pair $15,000 to come to Canada — a violation of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program rules — for jobs that turned out to be non-existent. Rogers explains why it came last in Netflix rankings
Rogers says it now has a detailed explanation for why it was named as Canada's slowest internet provider for streaming movies or TV shows on Netflix. Alberta's YIELD program steers street racers off roads, onto race tracks
Have you ever wanted to race a police car while driving over 200 km/h? In Alberta, you’re encouraged to — kind of. GM recalls 3 million more cars, 200,000 in Canada
General Motors added a number of recalls to its growing list today, pushing its total mostly in North America to more than 11 million this year. Pipeline companies to be liable for $1B even when not at faultBusiness | 206810 hits | 6:32 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
The federal government is introducing legislation to make companies on all federally regulated pipelines responsible for the first $1 billion in cleanup costs from an oil spill, even when they're not at fault. Long lines form to get into popular NAIT trades program
A group of would-be crane operators has set up camp at NAIT campus this week to secure a spot in the coveted Crane and Hoist Operator Apprenticeship program. Sears considers selling Canadian operations
Sears is considering selling its Canadian operations as the retailer continues with efforts to turn around its business. Google must respect 'right to be forgotten'
Internet companies such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo can be made to remove irrelevant or excessive personal information from search engine results, Europe's top court ruled on Tuesday. Netflix speed rankings place Bell 1st, Rogers last
A ranking by streaming company Netflix says Bell has the fastest internet speeds in Canada, and Rogers has the slowest. No tipping, please: B.C. restaurant plans to do away with gratuitiesBusiness | 207564 hits | 11:19 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Instead of tipping, Jones has increased menu prices by about 18 per cent and intends to pay his staff a living wage, which is a business model accepted around the world in places such as Japan, New Zealand, Australia and parts of Europe. Chrysler recalling 780,000 minivans to replace window switchBusiness | 206470 hits | 12:24 PM on Saturday | posted by saturn_656
Ford recalls 90,000 Escape, C-Max vehicles in CanadaBusiness | 206771 hits | 3:41 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
Ford is recalling more than 692,000 Escape small SUVs and C-Max gas-electric hybrids in North America, including almost 90,000 in Canada, to fix two safety problems. Customers crabby over high price of seafood
A poor commercial catch and steady demand from Asia are pushing prices for local Dungeness crab so high that some shops no longer carry them. Others have given up trying to make money on the . . . BC signs deal on naural tgas export proposalBusiness | 206851 hits | 2:21 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Singapore-based Woodfibre LNG signed a letter of intent on Wednesday with the province of British Columbia, , advancing the company's goal of making its first liquified natural gas shipments to Asia by early 2017. Feds issue emergency order on crude oil trains
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Department issued an emergency order Wednesday requiring that railroads inform state emergency management officials about the movement of large shipments of crude oil through their states and urged shippers not to use Kellogg to drop 'all natural' label from Kashi products
Kellogg says it will no longer use the "all natural" or "nothing artificial" labels on certain Kashi products as part of an agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit. Tim Hortons says it needs to think like an American to sell to U.S. customers
Tim Hortons Inc. will take a decidedly American approach to menus at its U.S. stores as the chain prepares to roll out more quick service restaurants south of the border. Safety-equipped 'smart guns' being run out of town by U.S. gun lobby
After 20 years, the gun industry seems to have finally developed a safety-equipped "smart gun" that will only fire for the proper owner. Only problem, U.S. gun shops are being threatened by "freedom loving" gun groups when they try to sell them. Sales drop at Toronto Star publisher; staff decry cost cutsBusiness | 206456 hits | 9:36 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Sen. Introduces Bill To Test Out Taxing Motorists For Every Mile They Drive
Business | 206505 hits | 11:08 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Roseau River chief evicts gas-bar staff in revenue tiffBusiness | 206864 hits | 10:59 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The new chief of Roseau River First Nation has evicted the managers and staff at the Red Sun gas bar... Business | 207011 hits | 10:51 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
As Europe reels from Moscow’s belligerence and utter dependence on its oil and gas supplies, the Harper government is positioning itself as a reliable partner ready to offer energy security to the continent Why are so many temporary foreign workers in Southwestern Ontario'Business | 206921 hits | 2:04 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
There's certainly no "severe labour shortage" in the region, but the number of TFWs has risen dramatically U.S.-Canada price gap widened by tariffs, supply management, report says
The federal government should look at lowering tariffs and relaxing supply management restrictions if it wants to close the gap between U.S. and Canadian pricing, according to a study by the C.D. Howe Institute. Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel steps down following data theft
Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel has stepped down from the company he's worked at for 35 years following the fallout from the company's massive theft of customer information last fall. Phone companies take aim at cable TV's business
Canada's telephone companies have turned the tables on the cable companies, reversing the trend that started about a decade ago when the latter started offering phone service over their cable networks. Canada Post preparing for half as much mail, CEO says
Canada Post is preparing for a 50 per cent drop in the volume of mail and will have to reinvent itself over the next five years, says CEO Deepak Chopra. Resolute lays off workers, suspends summer student hiring
A shortage of rail cars has caused a problem for Resolute Forest Products in Thunder Bay.
Foreign worker program pause leaves Calgary restaurant short-staffed
The suspension of the federal foreign workers program is leaving some Calgary restaurants struggling with a labour shortage. Employers must 'redouble' on efforts to hire Canadians first: Kenney | CTV NewsBusiness | 208426 hits | 1:26 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
A suspension of the federal government's temporary foreign workers program for the restaurant industry sends a clear message to employers that they must 'redouble' their efforts to hire Canadians first, according to Employment Minister Jason Kenney. CRA fails to create new strategy to combat underground economy Business | 208308 hits | 8:23 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
After a three-year effort, the Canada Revenue Agency has failed to produce a new national strategy to combat the underground economy -- despite repeated requests to do so from cash-starved provinces. Temporary Foreign Worker Program for fast-food sector suspended by Ottawa
Employment Minister Jason Kenny has announced an immediate moratorium on the fast-food industry's access to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. McDonald's Canada CEO calls foreign worker controversy 'bullshit'
The CEO of McDonald's Canada branded recent criticism of its use of temporary foreign workers 'bullshit' in a conference call to franchisees, according to a recording of the call given to the CBC. Temporary Foreign Worker Program linked to joblessness, report finds
There's evidence that the government's Temporary Foreign Worker Program nudges the unemployment rate higher in some sectors of the economy and parts of the country, think-tank C.D. Howe says in a report.Rebellion is brewing against the political elite that has ruined Europe
'The idiot in Brussels' and his like may keep their jobs for now, but trust is evaporating fast
Business | 208452 hits | 12:37 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
'The idiot in Brussels' and his like may keep their jobs for now, but trust is evaporating fast Gas price jump 'doesn't make sense'
Drivers looking for a good reason for major gasoline price jumps across Canada overnight will be left lacking, as the usual seasonal influences don't add up to those types of increases. McDonald's Canada freezes use of foreign worker planBusiness | 208458 hits | 12:07 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
VANCOUVER, April 23 - The Canadian unit of McDonald's Corp has suspended all of its applications under the country's temporary foreign worker program as it undergoes a third party audit on its use. 
Transport Minister Lisa Raitt will announce today new safety rules to prevent tragedies like the one that destroyed part of Lac-Mégantic, Que., last summer. CBCnews.ca will carry her press conference live at 12:45 p.m. ET. B.C. car dealers may be violating drivers' privacy, claims whistleblower
A whistleblower in the auto sales industry says car dealers may be violating customers' privacy rights when they scan licences of propective buyers before they take a test drive.Back to Canada News
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