In a sea of canned cocktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. Launching Thursday is a brightly colored canned vodka and soda beverage that proudly displays who it’s for, instead of backing off from support for the LGBTQ2S+ community as other companies have done in recent months. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled …
Changes to passenger rights The Canadian Press – Jul 11, 2023 / 9:44 am | Stories: 436290 Photo: The Canadian Press The Canadian Transportation Agency is laying out proposed changes to the passenger rights charter. The reforms came after the Liberal government passed legislation last month to toughen penalties on airlines, shore up the complaint …
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Economy holds steady The Canadian Press – Jun 30, 2023 / 6:27 am | Stories: 434570 Photo: The Canadian Press Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy remained essentially unchanged in April, following a slight uptick in March. The federal agency’s advance estimate suggests real gross domestic product grew 0.4 per cent in May, led by …
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Article content The Bank of Canada will raise borrowing costs by another 25 basis points in coming months before capping its tightening cycle, economists said. Article content Canada’s central bank will increase its key overnight rate to five per cent in the third quarter, according to a monthly Bloomberg survey of 25 economists. That would …
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TORONTO – BCE Inc.’s media arm is asking the federal telecommunications regulator to waive local news and Canadian programming requirements for its television stations, saying its obligations are based on outdated market realities. In an application to the CRTC filed June 14, Bell Media requested the regulator drop requirements for spending on local news and …
LONDON – Brewers in the United Kingdom are cutting the alcohol content — but not the price — of several of their most popular beers in what’s been described as another example of “shrinkflation.” Greene King, a major UK brewer and pub chain, has cut the ABV, or alcohol content, of its popular Old Speckled …
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The government has announced new details of an agreement with Visa and MasterCard that will see them lower the amount that they charge retailers when a customer pays for a purchase with a credit card. Known as so-called interchange fees, they have long irritated merchants by allowing the credit card company to keep a percentage …
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Photo: The Canadian Press Twitter has removed labels describing global media organizations as government-funded or state-affiliated, a move that comes after the Elon Musk-owned platform started stripping blue verification checkmarks from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee. Among those no longer labeled was National Public Radio in the US, which announced last week that …
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Rupert Murdoch has withdrawn his proposal to re-combine Fox Corp and News Corp. Fox said Tuesday its board received a letter from Murdoch, its chairman, and his son and Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch that “determined that a combination is not optimal for the shareholders” of either of the companies at the time. The withdrawal proposal …
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