Business
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Why hundreds of U.S. Frito-Lay workers have been striking
Workers at the Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kansas, say it used to be one of the best jobs in town…
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Air Canada anticipating recovery in demand as travel restrictions are eased
Air Canada is anticipating a recovery in demand in the coming months as travel restrictions are eased and leisure passengers…
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Small business advocates call on Ottawa to halt ‘phase out’ of wage and rent subsidies
VANCOUVER — Despite eased restrictions, and the prospect of welcoming back U.S. visitors on the horizon, small business advocates say…
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Strike notice issued by union representing workers at B.C. power-generating, smelting facilities
KITIMAT, B.C. — The union representing Rio Tinto employees in British Columbia has issued a 72-hour strike notice after nearly…
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Scotiabank’s website experiencing outage
OTTAWA — Scotiabank’s website is experiencing an outage to its online banking services. According to Downdetector.ca, the outage began around…
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U.K. irks E.U. with call to change post-Brexit trade rules
LONDON — The British government said Wednesday that post-Brexit trade rules it negotiated with the European Union “cannot go on”…
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TORONTO — It’s been a whirlwind year for Kerin John since she created the “Black Owned Toronto” Instagram page last…
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Four companies on verge of settling U.S. opioid lawsuits
The three biggest U.S. drug distribution companies and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson are on the verge of a US$26…
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Fox Corp. has implemented its own version of a vaccine passport while its top personalities attack them
Tucker Carlson has called the idea of vaccine passports the medical equivalent of “Jim Crow” laws. Other Fox News personalities…
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Zoom buying Five9 in US$14.7B all-stock transaction
Zoom, the videoconferencing company whose growth was supercharged by the pandemic over the past year, will buy the cloud call…
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