
Bank of Canada holds interest rate, views oil slump as temporary soft patch
The Bank of Canada left its trend-setting interest rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent Wednesday as the sharp decline in oil prices temporarily dims its

Bank of Canada holds interest rate, views oil slump as temporary soft patch
The Bank of Canada left its trend-setting interest rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent Wednesday as the sharp decline in oil prices temporarily dims its

Shoppers Drug Mart lights up medical cannabis e-commerce sales portal
Shoppers Drug Mart’s e-commerce platform for medical cannabis launched Tuesday, a month after Health Canada licensed the company to sell the product online. Product information

Ottawa roofing company fined $80K after workers catch fire on the job
An Ottawa roofing company has been fined $80,000 after two of its employees caught fire during a job, leaving one with critical injuries. The Ministry of Labour

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week
Bank conference The RBC Capital Markets Bank CEO Conference kicks off in Toronto on Tuesday. The event will feature presentations from the CEOs of Canada’s

24 hours in Ottawa: Where you have to eat in Canada’s capital
While Ottawa has no shortage of beautiful and historical places to visit – and may be better known for its bureaucratic hum than a night-time

Tech CEOs say Liberal innovation agenda does little to help firms scale up: poll
The federal government’s big-ticket efforts to support high-growth tech firms are offering little for emerging companies that have already outgrown the fledgling startup phase, according

Gender pay gap widest at top of the corporate ladder, new report says
A new report on the country’s highest-paid CEOs is adding evidence to the argument that women face a “double-pane glass ceiling” at the top of

Liberals look to infrastructure bank to finance rural, remote broadband internet
The federal infrastructure minister says he is looking to connect private backers with some of the country’s rural and northern communities to pay for badly

Hello, proptech: Real estate industry poised for a tech disruption in 2019
Real estate agent Shawn Zigelstein remembers a time, just a few years ago, when a printer, scanner and fax machine were the most important tools

Desk phones ‘a dying thing’ at offices in Canada, say tech experts
Toronto marketing specialist Elaina Falcone laughs as she thinks back to about a year ago when executives at her company started walking around the office
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