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Subcontracting ArriveCan development ‘seems highly illogical and inefficient:’ PM

The federal government paid millions of dollars over two years to GCstrategies, a two-person firm in Ottawa, for work related to the ArriveCan app.

Missing your favourite lunch spot? How food courts are emerging from the pandemic

As workers in Toronto's Financial District scurry through the Brookfield Place food court on their lunch breaks, the darkened Starbucks at the space's far end looms large.

Statistics Canada says November saw lowest number of people on EI in 25 years

Statistics Canada says November saw the lowest number of employment insurance beneficiaries on record in 25 years.

Wave of tech layoffs tips power back in favour of employers in sector

Members of Canada's tech industry say another wave of layoffs the sector saw this week is tipping the power dynamic back in favour of employers.

Cannabis company Hexo regains compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement

Hexo Corp. says the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC has informed the cannabis company that it has regained compliance with minimum bid price requirements.

BoC expected to deliver eighth consecutive rate hike, but it’s probably the last one

Economists don't believe the Bank of Canada is ready to hit the brakes on its interest rate-hiking cycle just yet.

Ottawa council eyes future of Wellington Street nearly a year after ‘Freedom Convoy’

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says the city's transportation committee will vote on whether to extend the closure of Wellington Street next week.

Women’s tech collective Toast launches with aim to diversify hiring, reduce wage gaps

"Really our mission statement is to help women get to do the work that they want, at the pay that they deserve," Toast's chief executive said.

Lightspeed joins Shopify and others in a round of cost-cutting layoffs

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is cutting about 300 jobs as part of a reorganization meant to unify a slew of companies it bought in recent years.

Canada’s annual inflation rate slowed in December but grocery prices stayed high

In its latest consumer price index released Tuesday, Statistics Canada said Canadians continued to see prices soar at grocery stores last month compared with a year ago.
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