Work stoppage possible as WestJet issues lockout notice to maintenance engineers' union
A lockout notice issued by WestJet to a union representing aircraft maintenance engineers could result in a work stoppage next week.
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:
John Graham, chief executive of CPP Investments, will speak at a virtual event held Tuesday by the Canadian Club Toronto. Graham was appointed CEO in February to replace Mark Machin who resigned after disclosing that he travelled to the United Arab Emirates, where he received a COVID-19 vaccination.
Statistics Canada will release its reading for retail sales in April on Wednesday. In a preliminary estimate last month, the agency said retail sales in April fell 5.1 per cent as governments brought back restrictions to slow the spread of the pandemic.
Grocer Empire Co. Ltd. will report its latest quarterly results on Wednesday. The company recently completed its purchase of a 51 per cent stake in Longo's and its Grocery Gateway e-commerce business.
The House of Commons is expected to wrap up its latest session on Wednesday before breaking for the summer. The government still needs to finish debate on its budget implementation bill that includes the new hiring credit and extension of its wage subsidy as well as look to pass Bill C-10 which makes changes to the Broadcasting Act.
BlackBerry will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday and report its first-quarter financial results on Thursday. BlackBerry has seen its shares take a wild ride this year as one of the companies traded by individual investors taking their cues from social media forums.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 20, 2021.
A lockout notice issued by WestJet to a union representing aircraft maintenance engineers could result in a work stoppage next week.
A man accused of arson in a January Old Strathcona apartment fire is expected to be charged with manslaughter after a body was discovered in the burned building late last month.
A man was denied a $5,000 payout from his brother after a B.C. tribunal dismissed his claim disputing how many kittens were born in a litter.
Three bodies recovered in an area of Baja California are likely to be those of the two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping and surfing trip, the state prosecutor’s office said Saturday.
Almost a week after all London Drugs stores across Western Canada abruptly closed amid a cyberattack, they began a "gradual reopening" on Saturday.
Quebec provincial police handed out hundreds of fines to Hells Angels members and other supporting motorcycle clubs who met for their 'first run' in a small town near Sherbrooke, Que.
Auston Matthews was back on the ice with his teammates Saturday.
Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
According to an X post by the Transportation Security Administration, officers at the Miami International Airport found the small bag of snakes hidden in a passenger's trousers on April 26 at a checkpoint.
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A police officer on Montreal's South Shore anonymously donated a kidney that wound up drastically changing the life of a schoolteacher living on dialysis.
Since 1932, Montreal's Henri Henri has been filled to the brim with every possible kind of hat, from newsboy caps to feathered fedoras.
Police in Oak Bay, B.C., had to close a stretch of road Sunday to help an elephant seal named Emerson get safely back into the water.
Out of more than 9,000 entries from over 2,000 breweries in 50 countries, a handful of B.C. brews landed on the podium at the World Beer Cup this week.
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