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Starbucks, citing environment, is ditching plastic straws
SEATTLE – Starbucks, citing the environment threat to oceans, will ban plastic straws from all…
Alberta likely to take equity stake in Trans Mountain pipeline: premier
CALGARY – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province is likely to end up owning…
CPPIB betting that demand for sports data is a good long-term investment
TORONTO – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is preparing to buy a 39 per cent…
Box office top 20: ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ stings with $75.8M
NEW YORK – Marvel Studios landed its 20th straight no. 1 box-office debut with an…
Starbucks, citing ocean threat, is ditching plastic straws from all locations
Vancouver Starbucks locations will be the first in Canada to serve drinks without plastic straws…
Couche-Tard reports 42 per cent net income jump fuelled by acquisitions
LAVAL, Que. – Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says its net income rose 41.5 per cent in…
European exporters shift trade to avoid higher US tariffs
BEIJING – European companies that export from China are changing the global flow of their…
CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts in Canada jumped higher in June
OTTAWA – Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of new home building…
Alimentation Couche-Tard eyeing more acquisitions after blockbuster year
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is looking for new acquisitions following a blockbuster year that made it…
Cuba lifting freeze on new private tourism businesses
HAVANA – A 16-month freeze on new private restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts will end in December…
Pompeo accuses Iran of using embassies for terror plots
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused…
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock…
Energy stocks help Toronto market hit another high as oil prices inch up
Energy stocks helped lift Canada’s main stock index to another record close Tuesday as the…
‘Feel cut off:’ Loss of Greyhound bus service leaves few options in rural areas
Mohammed Idriss says the small city of Brooks in southern Alberta will get more isolated…
Bombardier exec apologizes to TTC over delivery of 89 faulty streetcars
TORONTO – The president of Bombardier Transportation made his first appearance at Toronto’s transit commission…
Bombardier’s C Series aircraft officially renamed A220 as it joins Airbus family
MONTREAL – Bombardier Inc.’s name will no longer appear on its C Series jet, which…
Oilsands execs see brighter future with approval of Line 3 pipeline project
CALGARY – Executives from the biggest oilsands companies in Canada say concerns about getting their…
No bias, but auditor’s report says B.C. government’s asset sales need work
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s auditor general found no evidence of bid-rigging in an audit of…
China vows retaliation for $200 billion US tariff threat
BEIJING – China’s government vowed Wednesday to take “firm and forceful measures” as the U.S.…
Facebook faces UK fine over its data privacy scandal
LONDON – Facebook is facing its first financial penalty for allowing the political consultancy Cambridge…
Coffee and conservation: Mozambique tries both on a mountain
MOUNT GORONGOSA, Mozambique – At Mozambique’s Mount Gorongosa — where farmers are being encouraged to…
US wholesale prices shoot up 3.4 per cent over past year
WASHINGTON – U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.3 per cent in June, a slight slowing from…
Tim Hortons signs franchise agreement with Cartesian Capital to expand to China
Tim Hortons plans to open more than 1,500 of its coffee-and-doughnut shops in China over…
Develop funding plan to help Greyhound, NDP leader Singh urges Trudeau
OTTAWA – Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the Liberal government to come…