Loblaw Companies lays off 500 office workers in cost cutting drive
Loblaw Companies Ltd. is laying off 500 of its office workers, but the company says it still expects to create more jobs than it eliminates
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Loblaw Companies lays off 500 office workers in cost cutting drive
Loblaw Companies Ltd. is laying off 500 of its office workers, but the company says it still expects to create more jobs than it eliminates
Airbus shakes up industry with majority stake in Bombardier CSeries program
European aircraft giant Airbus Group is shaking up the global airline business by buying a majority stake in Bombardier’s CSeries program and assembling the plane
Amid tax reform backlash, Liberals to cut small business rates
Justin Trudeau will belatedly honour his campaign promise to cut the small business tax rate to nine per cent as his government scrambles to undo
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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
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
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