The Canadian Press

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week

Earnings from Waterloo tech giant BlackBerry are among the stories to watch this week in Canadian business

Ontario Liberal caucus will soon drop to five as Orleans’ Lalonde wins federal nomination

Ottawa

Ontario’s provincial Liberals have lost another legislator after one of their members won the nomination to run for an Ottawa seat in next month’s federal

Potential U.S. withdrawal from international postal treaty could hurt Shopify’s bottom line

Techopia

U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to withdraw from an international postal treaty could have a big impact on Canadian e-commerce companies that ship small goods

Tim Hortons dropping Beyond Meat products from menus except in Ontario and B.C.

Canada & World

Apparently, Beyond Meat burgers don’t go that well with Tim Hortons coffee

Ottawa’s annual inflation rate holds at 2.1 per cent in August

Ottawa

The annual rate of inflation in the nation’s capital held steady in August as the rest of the country saw the pace of price hikes

Canopy to hire new CEO by end of year: chairman

Ottawa

The list of candidates includes executives who come a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, consumer-packaged goods, beverage and alcohol

Report finds immigrant wage gap costing Canada $50 billion a year in GDP

Canada & World

The growing wage gap between immigrants and Canadian-born workers is costing the country $50 billion each year, according to a new report from RBC Economics

Shopify targets U.S. hemp firms with new platform features, announces fundraising plans

Techopia

Shopify Inc. says its e-commerce and retail platform has been given new features to help U.S. merchants sell hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol products where permitted