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Food service and drinking places sales rose 3 per cent in May: StatCan

Food service and drinking places sales rose 3 per cent in May: StatCan

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says sales in the food service and drinking places subsector increased three per cent to $7.4 billion in May, the highest value since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and of the series.
Consumers confidence slides for third straight month in July

Consumers confidence slides for third straight month in July

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence slid again in July higher prices for food, gas and just about everything else continued to weigh on Americans. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 95.
Credit unions compete with big banks in race to attract younger Canadians

Credit unions compete with big banks in race to attract younger Canadians

Kayla Rourke's first banking experience was with Conexus Credit Union but left to try the Bank of Nova Scotia in her teens, hoping to take advantage of the Scene points program to earn free movie tickets.
New Hexo CEO opens up about push to overhaul cannabis business after turmoil

New Hexo CEO opens up about push to overhaul cannabis business after turmoil

TORONTO — Three months after stepping into Hexo Corp.
Energy helps push S&P/TSX composite up ahead of earnings flurry, Fed decision

Energy helps push S&P/TSX composite up ahead of earnings flurry, Fed decision

TORONTO — A rise in energy stocks helped lift Canada's main stock index Monday, while U.S. stock markets ended the trading day mixed, as investors gear up for a big week of earnings and an interest rate decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
ArriveCan app frustrates users, experts even after glitch fix

ArriveCan app frustrates users, experts even after glitch fix

Calls to scrap the ArriveCan app continue from experts in medicine and technology as well as travellers, even after the federal government fixed a technical glitch that instructed some users to quarantine unnecessarily
Centerra shareholders approve deal to exit Kyrgyz Republic, sell Kumtor mine

Centerra shareholders approve deal to exit Kyrgyz Republic, sell Kumtor mine

TORONTO — Centerra Gold Inc. says its shareholders have approved a plan of arrangement with Kyrgyzaltyn JSC and the Kyrgyz Republic on the sale of two wholly-owned Kyrgyz subsidiaries, Kumtor Gold Co. CJSC and Kumtor Operating Co.
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,104.48, up 121.56 points.) Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX: MFC). Financials. Up 21 cents, or 0.94 per cent to $22.68 on 11.
De Beers Canada fined $350,000 for violating petroleum storage regulations in N.W.T.

De Beers Canada fined $350,000 for violating petroleum storage regulations in N.W.T.

YELLOWKNIFE — De Beers Canada has been fined $350,000 for a diesel spill at it's former Snap Lake Mine in the Northwest Territories.
Hollywood producer's new nonprofit to boost diverse creators

Hollywood producer's new nonprofit to boost diverse creators

Hollywood film producer Dan Lin — known for movies such as Disney’s live action “Aladdin” and “The Two Popes” — is launching a nonprofit with more than $1 million from the Ford and MacArthur foundations as well as several other philanthropies.