Business

• Stantec to purchase Chicago-based engineering firm Environmental Systems Design

  Stantec Inc. has signed a deal to buy Chicago-based engineering firm Environmental Systems Design Inc. (ESD).

  Money

  9 hours
  
• Southern Alberta real estate and business communities worried about interest hike

  Southern Albertans will have to drill deeper into their wallets after the Bank of Canada announced another interest rate hike Wednesday morning.

  Canada

  Jun 7
  
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• Businesses targeted early Friday in brazen shooting in downtown Montreal: police

  Montreal police are investigating a brazen early morning shooting in downtown Montreal that appears to have been a targeted event.

  Crime

  Jun 2
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• Businesses see red as B.C.’s minimum wage climbs, but labour says it’s not enough

  Surging inflation this year has meant the minimum wage in B.C. climbed 6.9 per cent to $16.75 Thursday. Labour and business groups had conflicting reaction to the move.

  Economy

  Jun 1
• Alberta election: Lethbridge wants to ensure ‘campaign promises are realized’

  Lethbridge is poltiical split with one UCP MLA and one NDP representative after Monday night's election.

  Politics

  May 30
• Lululemon to expand Vancouver HQ, add 2,600 new jobs over five years

  Vancouver-based company Lululemon says it will expand its headquarters in the city and create 2,600 jobs over the next five years.

  Economy

  May 25
• Police shut down magic mushroom shop in Osborne Village, make arrests

  Winnipeg police say two people have been arrested, and more charges are coming, after police shut down an illegal magic mushroom dispensary on Osborne Street Friday

  Crime

  May 19
• Police nab suspect during break-and-enter call at Guelph business

  Investigators say a man was seen fleeing the building when officers arrived.

  Crime

  May 16
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• ‘I am hurt’: N.S. man says he was racially profiled at Halifax bakery

  Fred-Lucas Wilson says he felt discounted after an encounter with staff at LF Bakery in Halifax. He believes he was treated rudely because he is Black.

  Canada

  May 15
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• 2 people, nearly 50 years apart in age, charged in a fraud scheme: Guelph police

  Investigators say an employee would apply coupons or discounts to items for a customer reducing the cost to near or at zero.

  Crime

  May 11