Business
Speculation tax doesn’t slow B.C.’s hot housing market
$88 million raised mostly from foreign owners in 2019
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Pandemic job concerns could pose problem in long-term, Bank of Canada says
Lockdowns in the spring of 2020 led to a historic drop in employment with about three million jobs lost
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At least 4 million Canadians need vaccines for country to look at reopening economy: RBC
McKay says government relief will have to continue and become focused on areas of the economy
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‘Not as easy as it looks’: Small businesses share what it takes to move online
Shipping, fitting all made complicated by COVID
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WestJet puts 1,000 workers on leave, citing government’s ‘Incoherent’ policy
International capacity will be down 93 per cent year over year and only five daily flights will be offered
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B.C. pellet contract with Japanese giant extended past 2023
Mitsubishi buying 80,000 tonnes a year from Pinnacle
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Canadian economy lost 63,000 jobs in Dec., first decline since April
Statistics Canada said Friday the economy lost 63,000 jobs in December while the unemployment rate edged up to 8.6%
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Small businesses feeling the pinch of credit-card fees as e-commerce ramps up
The rise in e-commerce sales ‘inevitably squeezes out cash’ from vendors
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Small businesses feeling the pinch of credit-card fees as e-commerce ramps up
CFIB and retail council are calling on the federal government to negotiate lower fees from credit-card firms
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Canadian auto sales fell 19.7% in 2020 from a year earlier; lowest level in a decade
The consultancy says auto sales fell 2.6 per cent in December 2020 from the same month in 2019
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