
Five Canadian business stories to watch this week
Weekly stats: Statistics Canada has a busy week ahead and will release data on Canada’s international transactions in securities for August; investment in non-residential building

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week
Weekly stats: Statistics Canada has a busy week ahead and will release data on Canada’s international transactions in securities for August; investment in non-residential building

Sears Canada granted permission to liquidate remaining 130 stores
Sears Canada has received court approval to proceed with a full liquidation of its remaining stores, signalling the end of an era for a 65-year-old

U.S. starts delivering bombshell demands at NAFTA talks
The NAFTA talks have now entered their most difficult phase with the United States beginning to drop its bombshell proposals on the negotiating table at

Sweat equity and capital: What it takes to open a successful Canadian franchise
Beeru Mannan owns two Freshii locations in British Columbia with his brother, and the duo plan to open another pair of the chain’s restaurants in

Ottawa-area pot producer Canopy Growth developing up to 3M sq. ft. of B.C. growing capacity
Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED) says it will develop up to three million square feet of greenhouse growing capacity in British Columbia, more than doubling Canada’s

Ontario colleges, including Algonquin and La Cite, brace for strike
The union representing faculty at Ontario’s 24 public colleges has set a strike deadline of 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 16. The Ontario Public Service Employees

Stephen Harper offers a gloomy take on the state of international trade, NAFTA
Stephen Harper broke his public silence on current events by offering a gloomy assessment on the state of international trade, describing anti-trade sentiment in the

Feds shortlists nine ‘superclusters’ for $950M in funding
The federal government has announced a short list of nine so-called supercluster proposals that could qualify for a piece of a $950-million federal fund the

Sears Canada seeks court approval to liquidate all stores, 12K to lose jobs
Sears Canada Inc. has decided to shut its doors and is seeking approval to liquidate its roughly 130 remaining stores, leaving another 12,000 employees across

How independent breweries are sustaining Canada’s craft beer boom
Canada’s remaining independent breweries know they can’t compete with the economies of scale and marketing capabilities of global conglomerates, so they’re concentrating on winning customers
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