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The company behind the “Canada Is Not For Sale” hats worn by Ontario Premier Doug Ford sent a cease-and-desist letter to a B.C. business selling merchandise with similar phrasing. The notice was sent on behalf of Ottawa-based Jackpine Dynamic Branding Inc. to Cutouts Canada, a print-on-demand service in Victoria, B.C., …
Read More »Indigenous-owned Alberta company making better building blocks — with hemp
A new manufacturing plant in the northeastern Alberta community of Elk Point is blending hemp and other additives into concrete to make lightweight building blocks resistant to weather, fire and mould. The company, called Asinikahtamwak — in Cree it means “works with rock” — operates from a 13,000-square-foot building on the south end of Elk …
Read More »Amazon is ending remote work. Its employees hope the company reconsiders
It’s back to the office full time for the majority of Amazon employees across the globe, but for some who work for the tech giant and online retailer it’s not a welcome change. “The people on my team are very upset about this,” said CJ Felli, a system development engineer at …
Read More »Vancouver’s Bench Accounting to be acquired by California-based HR tech company
A California-based HR tech company says it will acquire a Vancouver-based bookkeeping service that abruptly halted operations last week. Bench Accounting announced its sudden closure on Friday, putting hundreds of staff out of work and forcing clients to seek alternatives just days from the end of the year. Employer.com says in …
Read More »Family members sue Alberta government and company over 15-year-old’s death in group home
Three family members are suing the Alberta government and a company that operates an Edmonton group home, alleging both failed to take steps to prevent the death of 15-year-old Noah Gitsel. Gitsel died by suicide in May inside a group home in north Edmonton’s Killarney neighbourhood. In a recently updated statement …
Read More »Via Rail’s performance has gone from bad to worse — and it’s costing the company millions
Cédryk Coderre was one of dozens of travellers left stranded on a Via Rail train for 10 hours earlier this year. As the government-owned passenger railway struggled with a mechanical failure, passengers on board Train 622 on Aug. 31 were left hungry and thirsty and forced to contend with sometimes …
Read More »Canadian legal information database sues company behind AI chatbot
The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) has taken the makers of an AI chatbot to court over what it says is a violation of its terms of service, due to the chatbot scraping CanLII’s database in bulk. CanLII is funded by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada and was …
Read More »Attack on Turkish aviation company leaves 3 dead, several wounded, interior minister says
A deadly attack was carried out at the Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters near Ankara on Wednesday, the government said, as broadcasters showed footage of several armed assailants entering the building amid reports of gunfire and a loud explosion. “A terrorist attack was carried out against the TUSAS facilities in Kahramankazan, Ankara. …
Read More »Production company for TIFF film 40 Acres pays outstanding amounts to Sudbury crew, union says
The union representing film crew workers in Sudbury says a settlement has been reached to finally pay some members who worked on a multimillion-dollar Canadian feature film shot in the area a year ago. The film, 40 Acres, was produced by 4T Productions, led by Jennifer Holness, and filmed primarily around the northern Ontario city in …
Read More »‘Help us find them’: Vigils, prayers for 6 workers swept away by Helene as Tennessee investigates company
With shaking hands, Daniel Delgado kissed a photo of his wife, Monica Hernandez, before lighting a candle in a supermarket parking lot in Erwin, Tenn. Family members hugged pictures printed on poster board, some collapsing into them in tears as search helicopters flew overhead in the direction of the hills. …
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