Business
B.C. port union issues 72-hour strike notice affecting 7,400 workers
Union members voted 99.24 per cent in favour of strike action earlier this month
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Postmedia’s merger talks with Toronto Star owner a ‘Hail Mary pass’: expert
Postmedia Network Canada Corp. in talks to merge with Nordstar Capital LP
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‘Worn out’: Housing crisis pushes more B.C. workers to add side hustles
Extra income also comes with exhaustion as people try to stay on the right side of shelter costs
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Canada needs more grocery competition, federal watchdog finds
Most Canadians buy groceries in stores owned by a handful of grocery giants
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Meta launches more parental supervision tools for Instagram. Is it enough?
Instagram and Facebook’s parent company Meta is adding some new parental supervision tools and privacy features to its platforms as social media companies face increasing scrutiny over their effects on teen mental health .
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Victoria asks B.C. to clamp down on no-fault evictions, rent increases
Capital UBCM resolution also hopes hopes province will boost biodiversity
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Labour advocates not digging the state of gig work in B.C.
Open letter led by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative calls on government to reform system
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WestJet CEO pledges fares will not rise due to airline mergers
‘We will actually be able to operate more efficiently and also more reliably’
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Canada Bread fined $50M for bread price fixing, highest penalty ever
Competition Bureau turns its focus on to grocers in ongoing investigation
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The Reddit blackout, explained: Why thousands of subreddits are protesting third-party app charges
Thousands of Reddit discussion forums have gone dark this week to protest a new policy that will charge some third-party apps to access data on the site, leading to worries about content moderation and accessibility.
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