Business

Elbows-up tourism surge could see sector ‘eke out’ a gain even as Americans stay away

From the front desk of Hotel Bedford in Goderich, Ont., Lynda Cross welcomes guests from regions ranging from southern Ontario to the South Pacific. “A lot of them come from Toronto,” said the manager,...

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Competition Bureau sues DoorDash, accuses firm of misleading customers with fees

TORONTO — Canada's competition watchdog is suing DoorDash Inc. and its Canadian subsidiary, accusing them of marketing their online delivery services at a lower price than what consumers actually wind...

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Average asking rents fall annually for eighth straight month to $2,129: report

The national average asking rent in May was down 3.3 per cent from a year earlier at $2,129, marking the eighth consecutive month of year-over-year decreases. The monthly report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation...

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ABC's Terry Moran is suspended following his social media post calling Trump and Miller haters

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News has suspended correspondent Terry Moran for calling Trump administration deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a “world class hater” in a since-deleted social media post. ...

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Amazon to spend $20B on data centers in Pennsylvania, including one next to a nuclear power plant

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Amazon said Monday that it will spend $20 billion on two data center complexes in Pennsylvania, including one it is building alongside a nuclear power plant that has drawn federal...

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'General acceptance': A year of banning cellphones in Canadian classrooms

Sixteen-year-old Roha Akram was skeptical when teachers in Calgary announced a cellphone ban during the first assembly of the school year. "I was like, 'No one's going to follow this,'" the Grade 11 student...

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The US and China are holding trade talks in London after Trump's phone call with Xi

LONDON (AP) — High-level delegations from the United States and China met in London on Monday to try and shore up a fragile truce in a trade dispute that has roiled the global economy, ...

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Shoppers are wary of digital shelf labels, but a study found they don't lead to price surges

Digital price labels, which are rapidly replacing paper shelf tags at U.S. supermarkets, haven’t led to demand-based pricing surges, according to a new study that examined five years' worth of prices...

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U.S. envoy closely eyes Canada defence spending; says NATO about collective defence

OTTAWA — The American ambassador to Canada is closely watching as Ottawa shapes its defence budget, but says the U.S. will not dictate what the Canadian government must spend. "We're not expecting anything;...
DHL Express locks out workers across Canada, adding to parcel sector turmoil

A strike and lockout that kicked off at DHL Canada Express on Sunday will barely tap the brakes on its parcel delivery service, the company says, as the union accuses it of deploying replacement workers. The...

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