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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Costco has added its voice and heft to a lawsuit against the U.S. government seeking to ensure they will be reimbursed for tariffs they’ve been forced to …

Dozens of women have come forward with allegations of negligence by some of the biggest companies in Toronto’s nightlife industry in connection to decades of alleged abuse by a well-known club promoter, according to a Canadian advocacy organization for survivors of abuse.  End Violence Everywhere (EVE) has announced a proposed …

The Democrats are promising to investigate how President Donald Trump and his administration moved ahead with a White House demolition that has proceeded at a rapid pace, as Americans have posted “RIP East Wing 1902-2025” on social media platforms. The East Wing was essentially fully gone by Thursday, after construction …

The Trump administration has purchased a stake in two Canadian critical mineral companies, a move experts say is certainly unusual, if not extraordinary, and which raise questions about whether Ottawa should block them in the interest of national security. It’s “possibly unprecedented for the U.S. government itself to be buying …

What On Earth26:15Are greenwashing laws doing more harm than good? Some corporate leaders say new anti-greenwashing legislation has had the unintended effect of dissuading companies from taking climate action. But environmental organizations and others say that’s a cop out.  Bill C-59’s changes to the Competition Act were meant to prevent companies from …

Warner Bros. Discovery said it would split into two publicly traded companies, separating its studios and streaming business from its fading cable television networks as the parent company of HBO and CNN looks to compete better in the streaming era. The breakup is the latest unravelling of decades of media consolidation …

The union for Hollywood’s video game performers has reached a tentative contract with several video game companies, which may bring an end to an almost year-long strike tied to the use of artificial intelligence. Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists went on strike in July …

A U.S. woman is suing seven oil and gas companies, saying they contributed to an extraordinarily hot day that led to her mother’s fatal hyperthermia during a heat dome event that also killed more than 600 people in B.C. It’s one of the first wrongful-death claims in the U.S. seeking to hold …

China has lodged a diplomatic protest against Canada for including Chinese companies in new sanctions against Russia, its foreign ministry said on Tuesday. “China has consistently opposed unilateral sanctions that lack a basis in international law and are not authorized by the United Nations Security Council,” Lin Jian, a spokesperson …

At least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of countries have been impacted this week by what a top White House official called a Chinese hacking campaign that has also raised concerns about the security of text messaging. At a media briefing Wednesday, U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger shared details …