Talks resume between striking Ontario faculty and colleges
Striking faculty and the council representing Ontario’s 24 colleges resumed bargaining talks Thursday as pressure mounts to end the labour dispute that’s left half a
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Facebook earnings top expectations, but warns security investments will affect profitability
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that the company is serious about preventing abuse and that its investments in keeping “problematic content” off its social
Watchdog’s bread-price fixing probe ‘shocking’ and ‘bizarre,’ analysts say
Allegations of price fixing in the bread aisles of major grocers are “shocking” and “bizarre,” analysts said Wednesday as more companies came forward to reveal
Canada’s GDP shrinks 0.1% in August
The Canadian economy hit reverse in August, its first monthly pullback since October last year. “The amazing run of amazing Canadian economic data is officially
Only five per cent of Canadian tech companies have female chief executives: report
A new report says just five per cent of Canadian technology companies have a female founder and a similar fraction have a woman as CEO,
Royal Canadian Mint says phoney gold bar was a counterfeit attempt
The Royal Canadian Mint says a phoney gold bar sold to a jeweller by an Ottawa bank may have looked like the real thing, but
WestJet third quarter profit up from year ago as it carries more passengers
WestJet Airlines Ltd. saw its third-quarter profit grow by about 20 per cent compared with a year ago as it increased capacity and traffic. The
Liberals to delay billions in planned infrastructure spending
The federal Liberals plan to shift just over $2 billion in planned infrastructure spending to future years, reflecting slower-than-anticipated spending on the file, The Canadian
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
Shopify’s CEO addresses claims from what he called a “short-selling troll” and other stories to watch in Canadian business this week.
Coworking space demand soars as career patterns shift, firms cut costs: experts
A deal between one of Canada’s oldest retailers and a fast-growing U.S. startup that wants to convert portions of its flagship stores into shared offices
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