Category : Business

Peel Public Health partially closes 2 Amazon fulfilment centres to control COVID-19 outbreaks

Peel Public Health announced on Saturday that it has partially closed two Amazon fulfilment centres to control COVID-19 outbreaks.

Ontario health unit partially closes 2 Amazon fulfilment centres to control COVID-19 outbreaks

Peel Public Health announced on Saturday that it has partially closed two Amazon fulfilment centres to control COVID-19 outbreaks in those workplaces.

Alberta halts all coal exploration in Foothills and Rockies during consultation

Citing responses to an online survey, the Alberta government is pausing coal exploration on Category 2 lands in the Foothills and Rocky Mountains, at least until the completion of an ongoing public consultatio...

Shrinking warehouse space in high demand due to pandemic-era online shopping

A boom in online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic is making it tough to find warehouse space in many provinces, industry insiders say.

EU to strike world's largest vaccine deal with Pfizer

The European Commission says it expects to seal the world's biggest vaccine deal within days, buying up to 1.8 billion doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine over the next two years.

Crude-by-rail exports fall 43% to 111,900 bpd in February, says regulator

The Canada Energy Regulator says Canadian crude-by-rail exports fell by 43 per cent in February compared with the previous month.

Why tougher quarantines and screening might be better than an India flight ban to stop COVID-19 variants

The discovery of a new coronavirus variant in India has ignited calls to halt flights to Canada from the country. But some health experts argue that targeting specific countries won't stem the tide of COVID-19...

Why tougher quarantines and screening might be better than an India flight ban at stopping COVID-19 variants

The discovery of a new coronavirus variant in India has prompted Canada to ban flights from that country and neighbouring Pakistan as of Thursday night. But some health experts argue that targeting specific co...

Bank of Canada offers fresh hints that interest rates will rise next year as economy surges

An unexpectedly strong global growth prediction of nearly 7 per cent in 2021 means the Bank of Canada has begun cutting back on monetary stimulus, with Tiff Macklem forecasting that the central bank's low, low...

Canada's annual inflation jumped in March due to plunge in prices last year

Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation jumped higher in March due in large part to a plunge in prices a year ago, at the start of the pandemic.

Bidding war erupts in railway world as CN outbids CP for Kansas City Southern

Canadian National Railway Co. is trying to buy U.S. railway Kansas City Southern out from under the nose of rival Canadian Pacific, which launched a takeover offer of its own for the U.S. carrier last month....

Highlights of budget 2021: Billions for green economic growth, healthier Indigenous communities

Highlights of the 2021 federal budget.

Liberals promise $30 billion over five years to create national child care system

After decades of broken promises and half measures on child care, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced today the federal government will invest roughly $30 billion over five years to help offset the co...

Liberals promise $30B over 5 years to create national child-care system

Budget vows to build 'for the long term' as it promises child care cash, projects massive deficits

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s first federal budget projects deep deficits for years to come as it promises to support people through the pandemic crisis and make Canada’s economy greener and more welcom...