Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Push on for Alberta bottle depots to accept cannabis containers for refunds
EDMONTON - The group that oversees bottle depots in Alberta says people should be allowed to drop off cannabis containers and get a small refund just as they do for bottles and cans.The Alberta Bottle...
Sep 03, 2020
KGHM hires new Ajax Superintendent, as company plans to resurrect mine application
KGHM has hired a new Ajax Superintendent in Kamloops, according to a media release issued by Abacus Mining & Exploration Group Tuesday morning (Sept. 1).Michael Wypych, who previously worked as th...
Sep 02, 2020
New work share space clear for business downtown
The doors have opened on a new collaborative business centre in Vernon designed to become a hub for emerging and established freelancers and entrepreneurs to collaborate, learn and grow. The Vernon In...
Corey Fischer Sep 02, 2020
B.C. top civil servants cash in
The province's top educators and executives of Crown corporations took home bigger cheques last year including two that received significant pay hikes. The total compensation for the top 10 reached ne...
Corey Fischer Aug 31, 2020
COVID-19 pushes B.C. to $321 million deficit
ICBC continues to hemorrhage money and COVID-19 resulted declines in tax revenues, as the province ended the fiscal year with a $321 million dollar deficit, which is $595 million lower than the surplu...
Corey Fischer Aug 31, 2020
Canada vows retaliatory measures as Trump restores tariff on Canadian aluminum
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is promising to impose retaliatory tariffs on American products after U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is restoring an import tax o...
Aug 06, 2020
Expansion of Alberta coal mine will need federal review: environment minister
OTTAWA - The federal environment minister is backtracking on a previous decision to keep Ottawa out of the approval process for a major coal mine expansion in Alberta. The existing Vista mine, which i...
Jul 30, 2020
Canadian airlines accused of ignoring COVID precautions, denying refunds
TORONTO - When Bobbi Jo Green booked a flight back in May for her, her husband, and her children to see two ailing family members, she was counting on the airline's physical distancing rules...
Jul 07, 2020
Bank of Canada survey says business hiring plans remain muted due to pandemic
OTTAWA - Companies that have laid off workers are telling the Bank of Canada they plan to refill some positions over the next year, but many hiring plans remain muted over COVID-19-related uncertainty...
Jul 06, 2020
Biden could be swayed to supporting Keystone XL: Kenney
OYEN, Alta. - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he believes United States presidential hopeful Joe Biden can be swayed to supporting the Keystone XL pipeline. The presumptive Democratic...
Jul 03, 2020

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