Customers may notice takeout containers, straws and other items being swapped for greener alternatives in the new year as Canada’s food service industry adjusts to the phase-in of a federal law that aims to eventually remove many single-use plastics from the market altogether. Some restaurants have already gone through months of trial and error in […]
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OTTAWA – The Competition Bureau says a Federal Court has issued an emergency stay temporarily suspending the Competition Tribunal’s dismissal of its case against Rogers Communications Inc.’s $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. The federal agency says the suspension will remain in place until its application for a stay and an injunction is heard. The […]
OTTAWA – There will be no new books or plays added to the public domain in Canada until 2043 after the government squeezed in a change to copyright laws just before the end of 2022. Until Dec. 30, copyright protection applied to literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works for the life of their author plus […]
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CHARLOTTETOWN – The first of two increases that will boost Prince Edward Island’s minimum wage to $15 by the end of the year comes into effect on Sunday. A news release from the province’s Department of Economic Growth says minimum wage is set to increase by 80 cents to $14.50 on Jan. 1, and will […]
Growing up in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. with a father working as a butcher, Toni Vernelli loved eating meat. But it wasn’t long before she noticed that the food she was eating was coming from the farm animals she loved. When Vernelli was 18, she made the switch to veganism. More than 30 years of […]
WASHINGTON—Sherlock Holmes is finally free to the American public in 2023. The long-running contested copyright dispute over Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales of a whip-smart detective — which has even ensnared Enola Holmes, his sister created a subsequent writer — will finally come to an end as the 1927 copyrights expiring Jan. 1 include Conan […]
Owning something with your name on it, such as a house or car, is often a source of pride and control; you can show it off, keep it to yourself, or even sell it. So, why is one of the most universal assets, personal online data, not thought of in the same way? The short […]
Another global biodiversity conference has come and gone. For all the effort made at giving nature a voice, in the end, the conversations still all come down to money. Yet money is not real while nature is. After 15 biodiversity Conference of the Parties, or COPs, the starting point for negotiations remains the same: How […]
In contrast with today’s economic uncertainty, 2023 is likely to be a swing year of improved business conditions, marked by sharp declines in inflation and borrowing costs. Most economists still expect a mild recession in the first half of 2023. But the year should end on a high note with a return to normal GDP […]