National pot sales up 25% to $54M in November; Quebec scales back store expansions
Cannabis store sales totalled $54 million in November, the first full month of legal recreational pot sales, according to Statistics Canada. The cannabis sales for
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Ottawa’s Shopify to open TV and film production house for streaming and network content
Shopify is launching a TV and film content development and production house. The Ottawa-based e-commerce company says the venture will be called Shopify Studios and
Liberals looking to make home buying more affordable for millennials: Morneau
The Trudeau government is looking for ways to make home-buying more affordable for millennials, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday as he held pre-budget public
Ford ratchets up rhetoric over carbon tax with recession warning
Premier Doug Ford ratcheted up his rhetoric on Ottawa’s climate change plan Monday, warning that the carbon tax will plunge the country into recession –
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Wholesale trade Statistics Canada will release wholesale trade and manufacturing numbers for November on Tuesday. The federal agency said wholesale sales rose 1.0 per cent
Ottawa’s annual inflation rate up to 2.5% in December
Ottawa’s annual inflation rate jumped to 2.5 per cent in December, one of the highest rates of any major Canadian city, Statistics Canada said Friday.
Huawei to grow Canadian R&D budget, staff as part of five year plan: president
Huawei Canada will be getting a piece of the US$2 billion that its global Chinese parent will spend over five years to hire more software
Former Gatineau engineering executive receives 12 month sentence for bid rigging
The Competition Bureau says a former executive of Quebec engineering firm Dessau received a 12-month sentence after pleading guilty Thursday in the Court of Quebec
The Transportation Safety Board will lend its expertise to uncover the cause of Friday’s bus collision at Westboro Station, Ottawa’s chief of police confirmed during an update
Canadian stock exchanges to conduct lottery for ‘POT’ ticker amid high demand
High demand for the “POT” stock symbol has prompted several Canadian stock exchanges to conduct a collective lottery to select which company will be able
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