Business
Let’s make a deal with Canada on softwood, U.S. senators urge Biden administration
About 30 per cent of the timber used in the U.S. comes from Canada
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West Fraser Timber shuts down takeover report; shares spike
Company says it has not received a proposal and there are no ongoing discussions
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WestJet employees in Calgary and Vancouver back strike vote if deal can’t be reached
Unifor says wages are a key issue in the contract talks as strike vote see 98 per cent in favour
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B.C.’s Kispiox First Nation strikes deal for commercial cannabis operation
Northwest-based First Nation have entered a new agreement with the province
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217,000-hectare deal near Prince George creates B.C.’s largest First Nations woodland
Lheidli T’enneh First Nation license will see greater forest stewardship benefits and harvesting rights
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American automakers targeting average households with new crop of EVs
In their first rollouts of electric vehicles, America’s automakers targeted people who value short-range economy cars. Then came EVs for luxury buyers and drivers of pickups and delivery vans.
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Economists predict inflation climbed even higher in June amid ‘reopening effect’
Statistics Canada set to release latest inflation data on July 20
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The complex and sometimes controversial task of counting how far a dollar goes
“It’s a very, very tough concept to measure,” said Derek Holt, head of capital markets at Scotiabank
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Industry minister suggests Rogers outage could weigh on $26-billion Shaw deal
“This is certainly going to be on my mind, and the mind of all Canadians”
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Supreme Court nixes double royalties for streaming or downloading music online
Under the law, a work is “performed” as soon as it is made available for on-demand streaming
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