Rogers Communications Inc. has appointed Tony Staffieri Permanent President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Staffieri had been interim CEO since Nov. 16, when Rogers said his board launched an executive search. President Edward Rogers said the appointment places the company in a position of strength as it prepares for the closure and integration of Shaw Communications Inc. in the […]
At this point in the pandemic, WestJet flight attendant Crystal Hill, based in British Columbia, says she no longer spends much time worrying about COVID-19 in the course of her job which requires regular face-to-face interaction with the audience “You go to work and you understand that exposure is very likely,” she said. “Or it could be very likely. “But […]
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Canada’s economy added 55,000 jobs last month, as a surge in full-time jobs more than offset a decline in part-time work. Statistics Canada reported Friday that two provinces – Ontario and Saskatchewan – made up almost all of the earnings, while the job market was flat just about everywhere else. According to the data agency’s labor force survey, there were […]
A Nova Scotia tech company that trades on the Nasdaq downplays an investor lawsuit launched against it this week. The class action lawsuit filed in New York court on Monday accuses Dartmouth-based Meta Materials Inc. of making false and misleading claims about its products that have inflated its share price. Meta Materials stock has plunged since going public last year, […]
Nike Inc. filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing Lululemon Athletica Inc. of patent infringement for manufacturing and selling the Mirror Home Gym and associated mobile apps without permission. In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan U.S. District Court, Nike accused its little rival of infringing six patents, including through technology that allows users to target specific levels of exertion, to compete […]
A financial report this week celebrated the launch of yet another cryptocurrency, this time a new LGBTQ-focused coin that aims to ‘tackle homophobia’. If it takes off, the maricoin, a name which, like Reuters reported, is derived from a homophobic insult in Spanish, may be the kind of niche token that will survive in a very competitive arena. Its founders […]
An intensifying labor shortage is spilling over into the economy, forcing companies to downsize, cut hours, and in some cases, euthanize livestock. The situation is the result of a chronic labor shortage exacerbated by the crushing of new cases of COVID-19, forcing many people to self-isolate. School closures have also left some workers scrambling for child care and unable to […]
This is the fourth time that Amanda Battaglia has been out of work since the start of the pandemic. Ontario has banned indoor dining since Wednesday, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, which means there are no more changes for Battaglia, part-time office manager in a restaurant in Etobicoke, Ontario, west of Toronto. “I just feel a little frustrated,” […]
The end of the line has finally arrived for all remaining BlackBerry smartphones. The Waterloo, Ont., Based company has officially unplugged the software and infrastructure that powers its old smartphones and portable devices – and says they will stop working today. This means that devices running on the BB10 or BlackBerry OS platform “will no longer perform reliably, including for […]
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