As 2021 sees systemic changes in how consumers purchase goods and services it made me realize that some Ontarians have a fundamental misconception about what The Beer Store is and is not. As one of four independent directors on The Beer Store’s board of directors, I want to share what I have learned over the […]
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As Doug Ford approaches the completion of his first three years as premier, public attention is understandably focused principally on his mismanagement on the COVID pandemic. However, there are other longer-term areas of Ford-created chaos, one of which involves labour issues. Within weeks of his election, Ford eliminated the Liberals’ announced increase of the minimum […]
“You could say ‘CP,’ and their ears would just twitch with red blood at the lobe,” the late Hunter Harrison told me about how his Canadian National Railway colleagues Paul Tellier and Michael Sabia would react to the mention of their western rival, Canadian Pacific. The railroading legend added that it was mutual. “They hated […]
Akash Skaria was prepared to start a new life with her young family in Canada in May. She immigrated to Toronto in 2018. Her husband, Tinso, and four-year-old son, Ethan, were due to arrive at Pearson airport on May 12 after COVID-19 delayed their visas. As she was set to finally furnish her empty apartment […]
MONTREAL – A general strike at the Port of Montreal is set to begin on Monday after the union representing dockworkers issued the required 72-hour notice to the Maritime Employers Association. Barring a last-minute reprieve, the 1,150 port workers affiliated with the Canadian Union of Public Employees will be in a legal strike position as […]
TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,102.33, up 70.69 points.) Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc. (TSX:TBP). Health care. Up seven cents, or 26.92 per cent, to 33 cents on 14.9 million shares. Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Down four cents, or 0.09 per cent, to $46.26 […]
CALGARY – Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan says Canada will join the U.S. in establishing a platform for oil and gas producing countries to figure out how the sector can support implementing the Paris agreement on climate change and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Dubbed the Net-Zero Producers Forum, it is intended to develop emission […]
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index was up in early trading, led by gains in the base metals sector, while U.S. stock markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 21.92 points at 19,053.56. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 40.40 points at 33,775.50. The S&P 500 index was up […]
OTTAWA – The federal labour minister says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to give workers the ability to avoid work emails and text messages as the lines between home and work lives blur. The idea, known as the right to disconnect, first came up as a proposed addition to the federal labour code […]
TORONTO – An increase in COVID-19 infections and restrictions in the Toronto area have resulted in a dramatic reduction in traffic on the Highway 407 toll road. The company that operates the freeway, 407 International Inc., says a 44 per cent drop in traffic volumes in the first quarter of the year had a severe […]