Tech-eager Canadian banks are coming for AI with gusto
Open this photo in gallery: Pitches to save on staff to sell innovation to cautious bankers isn’t anything new. In the past, the outcome has reduced labour costs by increasing…
Dental-therapy programs hope to bring better care to remote areas of Canada
Open this photo in gallery: In November, Health Canada announced it is giving the University of Saskatchewan $3.1-million to expand their dental therapy training program into the NWT in partnership…
Canada’s economy grew 0.3% in May, coming in above expectations
Open this photo in gallery: A container is unloaded in Delta, B.C., on Thursday. Statistics Canada’s advance estimate puts the economy on track for annualized growth above 3 per cent…
Travellers in limbo as WestJet flight attendants go on strike
Passengers are looking for answers and scrambling to change travel plans after WestJet flight attendants went on strike just after midnight on Sunday, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations. Some…
Telus cuts dividend in half to deploy more cash for debt repayment, shares dive
Open this photo in gallery: Telus headquarters in Vancouver. The company cut its dividend by 55 per cent, saying it expects the move to generate about $2.7-billion in cash savings…
Kayaker on St. John River makes a pair of grim discoveries
Melissa Lavigne has done a lot of kayaking on the St. John River in Fredericton. But recently, as she explored the shoreline on the city’s south side, she came across…
Enbridge beats estimates for second-quarter profit, touts increasing demand for gas transmissions
Open this photo in gallery: Derek Johnson, Supervisor/operator for Enbridge loads pipe at a storage facility just west of Morden, Man., Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John WoodsJOHN WOODS/The…
‘Steadfast champion’: Sask. senator Todd Lewis dies at 65
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Pet-food maker Open Farm eyes next phase of growth
Open this photo in gallery: Jacqueline Prehogan and Isaac Langleben, founders of pet food company Open Farm, with their dog Teddy at the company’s offices in Toronto on July 28.EDUARDO…
‘We’re all pretty stressed out’: Residents in B.C.’s Okanagan flee fast-spreading fire
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