Tesla Motors gave a sneak preview Thursday of its $35,000 US electric car that is critical to the Silicon Valley auto maker's growth plans and soaring stock value...
jeudi 31 mars 2016
Cenovus Energy shedding hundreds more jobs
Calgary-based energy heavyweight Cenovus is cutting hundreds of positions citing the price of again, the company announced Thursday...
Tesla Model 3 to join ranks of affordable electric vehicles
Tesla Motors, with its reputation for making sexy, sporty and very expensive electric cars, is staking its future on something more affordable: The Model 3 is set to be unveiled Thursday in Los Angeles...
It's a chicken coup! St-Hubert sale flares social frenzy in Quebec
News that Quebec's iconic rotisserie chicken chain, St-Hubert, is being sold to the company that owns Swiss Chalet has sparked a frenzy of social reaction online...
Builder Urbancorp could be booted from Ontario's Tarion new home warranty program
Urbancorp, one of Toronto’s biggest property developers, has been warned it could lose its registration with Ontario’s new-home warranty insurer unless it improves its record with home buyers...
Urbancorp warned over warranty claims, financial health
Urbancorp, one of Toronto’s biggest property developers, has been warned it could lose its registration with Ontario’s new-home warranty insurer unless it improves its record with home buyers...
Job growth, not speculation, seen as powering Toronto, Vancouver housing markets
First-time buyers looking to take the home-ownership plunge in Vancouver and Toronto, Canada’s two hottest markets, are far from “reckless,” says National Bank chief economist Stéfane Marion...
Broadband internet speeds in Canada as fast as advertised, CRTC finds
Are Canadian broadband internet packages as fast as advertised? The CRTC reveals the results of a nation-wide study that aims to answer that question...
Rogers to offer all Sportsnet content in streaming service
Rogers Media is offering a direct-to-consumers streaming service for all the content on its six Sportsnet television channels...
Amnesty report alleges labour abuse at Qatar World Cup venues
Migrant labourers faced abuse that in some cases amounted to forced labour while working on a stadium that will host soccer matches for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a new report released by Amnesty International alleged Thursday...
How Barbie-doll maker Mattel got back $3M US from cyber thieves
A bogus email sent toy company Mattel scrambling to get back millions of dollars from a bank in China, a country described as a global hub for money laundering...
Canadian dollar at high point of year above 77 cents US
The Canadian dollar continued its rise on Thursday, up more than half a cent on data showing strong GDP growth in January...
Hydrogen-fuelled cars back on the horizon as technology improves, costs drop
Hyundai now has a hydrogen-fuelled vehicle available in Canada, and Toyota wants to introduce theirs here too, while Canadian fuel cell developers are busy putting their product in everything from trains to buses and forklifts...
Bunz, Canadian Facebook swap group, draws fans, investors
Ever heard of Bunz? If you're a not a millennial, probably not. It started out as a private Facebook group for swapping something you don't need for something you might want. and has grown to more than 40,000 members. It even has its own app and recently acquired an angel investor. Who says the sharing economy isn't working...
Canada's GDP grows by 0.6% in January
Canada's economy expanded for the fourth consecutive month in January, as the country's gross domestic product grew by 0.6 per cent from the month before...
Swiss Chalet owners Cara buying St-Hubert for $537M
The Quebec-based St-Hubert restaurant business has agreed to be acquired by the owner of the Swiss Chalet chain for $537 million...
Larry Rossy handing off CEO's job at Dollarama to his son Neil, dividend rising
Dollarama is turning to the fourth generation of its founding family, with the son of the current chief executive about to take over as CEO of Canada's largest chain of discount stores...
Tesla's Model 3 aims to take luxury electric car to the mass market
Tesla is set to unveil its latest vehicle Thursday, a $35,000 electric car aimed at mass market consumers who've never owned a luxury or electric vehicle — and likely thought they never would...
mercredi 30 mars 2016
Ottawa seeks WTO ruling on U.S. duties on Canadian paper
Ottawa says it wants the World Trade Organization to look into U.S. countervailing duties on almost $1 billion in annual exports of supercalendered paper from Canada...
BP Canada delays Nova Scotia offshore oil drilling
A BP Canada oil exploration project scheduled to take place offshore Nova Scotia will be pulled on hold until 2018...
University of Toronto rejects calls to dump holdings in fossil fuel industry
The University of Toronto has rejected recommendations to sell off its fossil fuel investments, but says it will consider environmental, social and governance factors in making investment decisions...
Home internet is essential, but too pricey, CRTC survey suggests
Canadians rely on home internet more than any other telecommunications service, but most are dissatisfied with the price, suggests a new survey commissioned by Canada's telecommunications regulator...
Give economy another 2 years to work out oil shock, says central banker
A senior Bank of Canada official says it will likely take more than two years for the country's economy to fully adjust to the commodity price shock...
BPA still found in most food can linings: report
Food cans sold by Canadian and U.S. retailers still frequently contain bisphenol A or BPA, according to a new report by environmental advocates...
Canadian dollar tops 77 cents US
The Canadian dollar rose above 77 cents on Wednesday, a day after U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen brought the U.S. currency back down to Earth with her comments on the American economy...
Today's senior women: Active, on the internet and very familiar with the working world
About 90 per cent of Canadian women currently over age 65 have had a job at some point in their lifetime and almost a tenth of them are still working despite being past the usual age of retirement, according to research from Statistics Canada...
GM ignition switch claim turned down by New York jury
A New York City jury found Wednesday that a flawed General Motors ignition switch was not to blame in a 2014 accident on an icy New Orleans bridge, handing the carmaker its second victory in a row in trials meant to help lawyers settle dozens of similar claims...
Boeing reportedly cutting up to 10% of workforce
The Boeing Co. is on track to eliminate 4,000 jobs by June of this year in an attempt to remain competitive with rival Airbus...
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