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Privacy commissioner probing customers' claims they can't delete PC Optimum accounts
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has opened an investigation into allegations that some Loblaw customers have been unable to delete their PC Optimum accounts. The office has received s...
Jul 24, 2024
Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 4.5%
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate for a second consecutive time on Wednesday, but warned the path back to two per cent inflation may be uneven and would ultimately determine the pa...
Jul 24, 2024 The central bank says its decision to lower its policy rate by a quarter percentage point was motivated by easing price pressures and weakening economic conditions. (The Canadian Press)
Long-promised Nova Scotia Loyal program to offer rewards for buying local
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government announced Tuesday that its promised program to encourage people to buy local will award points only at Sobeys Inc. grocery stores and the provincial liquor corpora...
Jul 23, 2024
Quebec government funnels another $413 million to Airbus A220 program
MIRABEL, QUE. - The Quebec government is injecting another $413 million into the Airbus A220 commercial jet program, formerly known as the C Series, in a bid to improve its return on investment. The a...
Jul 23, 2024
Yukon mine inspector directs Victoria Gold to shore up water treatment efforts
WHITEHORSE, YUKON - A Yukon mine inspector has ordered Victoria Gold to shore up its water treatment efforts, finding the company's plan to clean up after a disastrous spill of cyanide-laced-rock and ...
Jul 23, 2024
B.C., Ottawa ink $426M deals to support care assistants, drugs for rare diseases
VANCOUVER - Ottawa is providing $426 million to support heath care in British Columbia. A statement from Health Canada says $232 million will flow through an "aging with dignity agreement" to help pay...
Jul 23, 2024
Three people from Laval, Que., killed in small plane crash in northeastern Ohio
YOUNGSTOWN - Three people killed Friday when a small plane crashed while trying to make an emergency landing at an airport in northeastern Ohio have been identified as Quebec residents. The Ohio State...
Jul 23, 2024
Faster progress needed on removing interprovincial trade barriers: CFIB report
TORONTO - Doing business across provincial lines is starting to get easier but progress is slow, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. In a report released Tuesday, the CFIB says it's ...
Jul 23, 2024
Wildfire: Jasper National Park evacuation and highway closures
EDMONTON - Multiple wildfires in Jasper National Park flared up with a vengeance late Monday night, forcing all park visitors along with the 4,700 residents of the Jasper townsite to flee west with li...
Jul 22, 2024 Photos and video shared on social media illuminated a midnight cavalcade of bumper-to-bumper cars and trucks, headlights on, red tail lights glowing, cars inching, stopping, starting, crawling through swirling tendrils of acrid smoke. (The Canadian Press)
Office vacancies in Regina, Saskatoon show mixed results
There is some positive news but the post-pandemic hangover still lingers in the latest office vacancy numbers for Saskatchewan's two major cities. Commercial real estate company Colliers released seco...
Jul 22, 2024 The office of Colliers in downtown Regina. The real estate firm has just released its office vacancy numbers for the second quarter of 2024. (John Cairns/980 CJME).
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Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...