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It was your typical March day in Winnipeg and Amber Nemeth was minding her own business — literally, her business is called HayMad & Co. — when she found something in her spam folder. It was an invite to the Emmy Awards. “The company that does all the gifting suites …
Read More »TC Energy says $1B sale of minority stake in pipeline to Indigenous groups is delayed
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 10, 2024 9:10 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TC Energy Corp. says a deal to sell a minority stake in its Western Canadian natural gas transmission network to a consortium of Indigenous communities has been delayed. …
Read More »‘Dangerous precedent’: Union reacts to board ordering rail employees back to work
After a bitter contract dispute shut down the country’s two major railways, the federal labour board ordered thousands of rail employees back to work on Saturday. Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon asked to send the parties to binding arbitration while an agreement is hammered out between Canadian National, Canadian Pacific …
Read More »Farmers’ markets, business groups feuding with Loblaws over disparaging text ad
Recent ads from Loblaw Co. urging shoppers to skip the line at their local farmers market and visit its budget subsidiary NoFrills instead are an attack on groups that already struggle to sell their products, organizations in two provinces said as they expressed their disappointment in the grocery giant’s ad campaign. Farmers’ …
Read More »Postmedia to buy Atlantic Canada’s insolvent SaltWire newspaper chain
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 26, 2024 10:46 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Postmedia Network Inc. announced today plans to buy certain businesses belonging to SaltWire Network Inc. and The Halifax Herald Ltd., the two insolvent companies behind Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain. …
Read More »Boissonnault’s former business partner linked to woman detained in Dominican Republic cocaine bust
Liberal Cabinet Minister Randy Boissonnault’s former partner in a medical supply company has ties to an Edmonton woman who was detained in a massive cocaine bust in the Dominican Republic in April 2022. Federal incorporation documents show Stephen Anderson, chief operating officer of Global Health Imports (GHI), created a numbered …
Read More »WestJet mechanics’ union issues strike notice for possible job action Friday
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 26, 2024 8:18 am Updated June 26, 2024 11:05 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size WestJet says it faces a possible strike by its mechanics starting as early as Friday. The airline says the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Extended breaks between Stanley Cup games good for business – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size We all know why the hockey season isn’t over just yet. This is where everyone blames television under their breath. But trust me, it’s coming to an end, on the ice — soon. If not Friday night, then Monday in Sunrise, Gary …
Read More »‘Sick to our stomach’: Ontario family mourns after dog dies at boarding business
A Hamilton, Ont., dog boarding business is under investigation after a pet owner reported her healthy pocket bully puppy died while under its care. Jenuen Monroe says her experience with the pet sitter has shaken her to the core as she awaits a medical examiner’s report to find out what …
Read More »Ontario awarded nearly $1M in contracts for business case on moving science centre
Ontario awarded nearly $1 million in contracts to various companies to write a business case on moving the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place on Toronto’s waterfront, The Canadian Press has learned. The $925,075 in contracts, an amount disclosed through a freedom-of-information request, is a fraction of the province’s overall $215-billion budget. However, it is …
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