Starbucks Canada closes stores for training on race, bias and inclusion
Starbucks closed about 1,100 Canadian locations for anti-bias training Monday afternoon in a bid to make its stores more inclusive after the April arrest of
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Tea party DavidsTea reports its first-quarter results Monday and holds its annual meeting on Thursday, when shareholders will weigh in on a proxy battle for
‘Special place in hell’: Trump’s top advisers accuse Trudeau of betrayal
A generation after Richard Nixon called Justin Trudeau’s father an “asshole,” Donald Trump’s administration broke new ground in American political trash talk Sunday when a
Canada to hold key 5G spectrum auction in 2020: innovation minister
Canada’s government will auction key wireless spectrum for fifth-generation mobile networks in 2020, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said Wednesday. “We believe this puts us in
‘Family quarrel’: U.S. official shrugs off escalating trade dispute with Canada
Donald Trump’s top economic adviser dismissed differences over tariffs as a “family quarrel” Wednesday as reports of a testy phone call between the president and
Industry looks for ‘creative ways’ to brand legalized cannabis
Cannabis industry titans will gather in New Brunswick next week to discuss how to market pot in a competitive legal marketplace, and other issues raised
Two-thirds of current pot users will switch to legal retailers, survey suggests
Canadians who currently use cannabis expect to buy nearly two-thirds of their pot from legal retailers once recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada, a new
Microsoft embraces collaboration in US$7.5B deal for GitHub
Microsoft is paying US$7.5 billion for the popular coder hangout GitHub as the maker of Windows further embraces the types of open-source projects it used
Trump and the G7: stakes stay high for Trudeau Liberals during key stretch
As one week packed with major economic and political developments comes to a close, another begins for the Trudeau government. Over a span of just
New transit, water systems to undergo green test in federal funding review
The Trudeau Liberals have laid out the environmental test that new transit and water systems will have to go through in the hope cities and
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