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A wildfire evacuation alert for some Fort McMurray residents has been updated to a two-hour evacuation notice.
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:
Former CannTrust leaders are scheduled to make their first court appearance in Toronto on Monday, roughly three years after the cannabis company became embroiled in unlicensed growing allegations. Former chief executive Peter Aceto, former vice-chairman Mark Litwin, and former chairman Eric Paul each face charges of fraud, making false or misleading statements to the OSC and the market and authorizing, permitting or acquiescing in the commission of an offence.
Loblaw Companies Ltd. will release its Q2 results on Wednesday. Canada's agriculture ministers recently gave the country's grocers until the end of the year to propose measures to regulate the industry, following moves by Loblaw and Walmart Canada to impose higher fees on suppliers.
Statistics Canada is set to release its Consumer Price Index for June on Wednesday. The agency recently reported that prices across the country rose at their fastest annual rate in a decade in May, with the promise of similar numbers through to the fall as the national economic reopening from pandemic measures allows consumers to spend more freely.
Shopify Inc. will release Q2 results on Wednesday. The Ottawa-based e-commerce company announced in June that it had a new revenue share model for developers and would speed up transactions as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pit the company against Amazon.com Inc.
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is set to release Q2 results on Wednesday. The railway operator may have lost out to rival Canadian National Railway Co. in a bidding war for U.S.-based Kansas City Southern. KCS says its shareholders will vote on a US$33.6-billion takeover offer from CN next month.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 25, 2021.
A wildfire evacuation alert for some Fort McMurray residents has been updated to a two-hour evacuation notice.
Canadian LifeLabs customers who filed an application for a class-action settlement began receiving their payments this week, though at a much lower amount than initially expected.
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world's most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history's most honoured short story writers, has died at age 92.
Wildfires have led Environment Canada to issue air quality advisories for parts of B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories, as forecasters warn the smoke could drift farther east.
Saskatchewan RCMP have revealed that a historic sexual assault investigation has led to the discovery of alleged crimes against children dating back to 2005.
An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, 'So I raped you,' has been detained in France after a three-year search.
The annual list of Canada's top restaurants in the country was just released and here are the places that made the 2024 cut.
Ontario Provincial Police are responding to a fatal collision involving two vehicles on Highway 417 in Ottawa's west end on Tuesday morning.
The Israeli flag is flying at Ottawa City Hall today to mark the country's national day, with plans to hold a private ceremony to mark Israel's Independence Day. There is a significant police presence at City Hall, including security barriers outside the main doors.
A team is ready to help an entangled North Atlantic right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
A $200 reward is being offered by a North Vancouver family for the safe return of their beloved chicken, Snowflake.
Two daughters and a mother were reunited online 40 years later thanks to a DNA kit and a Zoom connection despite living on three separate continents and speaking different languages.
Mother's Day can be a difficult occasion for those who have lost or are estranged from their mom.
YES Theatre Young Company opened its acclaimed kids’ show, One Small Step, at Sudbury Theatre Centre on Saturday.
An Ottawa pizzeria is being recognized as one of the top 20 deep-dish pizzas in the world.
A family of fifth generation farmers from Ituna, Sask. are trying to find answers after discovering several strange objects lying on their land.
A Listowel, Ont. man, drafted by the Hamilton Tigercats last week, is also getting looks from the NFL, despite only playing 27 games of football in his life.
The threat of zebra mussels has prompted the federal government to temporarily ban watercraft from a Manitoba lake popular with tourists.