RioCan to sell 100 properties worth about $2B over two to three years
Canada’s largest real-estate trust says it’s planning to sell about $2 billion worth of properties – primarily open-air malls or power centres – in secondary
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Canada needs to nurture local tech champions and protect research, says AI pioneer
Some of the biggest names in tech are lining up to join Canada’s burgeoning artificial intelligence sector, but harnessing the sector’s full potential depends on
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Bombardier’s no good, very bad week: After having its CSeries jets slapped with a 219 per cent duty by the U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday,
Stop the presses? Newspapers snubbed in Liberal government’s cultural policy
The Canadian government’s new cultural strategy all but snubs so-called legacy media, industry experts say, and left out some key measures that could have given
Morneau talks of ‘technical fixes’ to reassure farmers over tax proposals
Finance Minister Bill Morneau tried to reassure farmers Thursday that Ottawa’s controversial tax proposals, if introduced, wouldn’t impair their ability to bequeath the family farm
BlackBerry reports Q2 profit, higher sales from software and services
BlackBerry Ltd. (TSX:BB) shares jumped as much as 13 per cent in early morning trading after it said revenue from its software and services business
Metro says it’s in talks with Jean Coutu about possible merger
Another Canadian grocery store and pharmacy chain conglomerate could be on the horizon as Metro Inc. and Jean Coutu Group are “engaged in exclusive discussions”
Netflix to invest in Canadian programs as part of feds’ new cultural plan
An agreement that Netflix will invest at least $500 million in original productions in Canada is set to be part of a long-awaited reboot of
WestJet names new carrier Swoop, says ticket orders will begin in early 2018
WestJet says that its new no-frills, lower-fare airline will be named Swoop. The Calgary-based company (TSX:WJA) has been gradually revealing details of its new carrier
The $15 minimum wage could cost Ontario up to 90,000 jobs: TD Bank
Ontario’s plan to hike minimum wage to $15 an hour will cost the province’s economy as many as 90,000 jobs by 2020, according to a
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