Talking Smack at Grammy Awards
Winnipeg-based, high-end pet food company Smack will get the chance to leverage music industry celebrity pet influencers this weekend in Los Angeles. Performers and presenters (and...
Quebec-based Fizz bubbles up into local mobile market
For the first time since Bell acquired MTS in 2017, Manitobans will soon have a new option for mobile wireless service. Fizz, the “flanker” brand of...
Avalanche forecasters try to curb deaths as skiers and snowmobilers flock to backcountry areas
COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) — As Wesley Mlaskoch motored his snowmobile across a mountain in the Montana backcountry, the slope above him collapsed into a thick...
Tesla ordered to pay $1.5 million over alleged hazardous waste violations in California
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — A California judge on Friday ordered Tesla Inc. to pay $1.5 million as part of a settlement of a civil case alleging...
A painting by René Magritte may fetch $64 million at an auction marking a century of surrealism
LONDON (AP) — A major work by surrealist painter René Magritte that hasn’t been shown in public for a quarter century could fetch 50 million pounds...
Teck closes sale of minority stakes in coal business to Nippon, Posco
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Ltd. says it has closed its previously announced deal to sell minority interests in its steelmaking coal business to Japan’s Nippon Steel...
Alimentation Couche-Tard completes acquisition of European assets from TotalEnergies
LAVAL, Que. – Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says it has completed its acquisition of certain European retail assets from French oil giant TotalEnergies SE. The deal announced...
Vehicle sales posted biggest annual jump last year since 1997: DesRosiers
TORONTO – Auto sales jumped 11.8 per cent in 2023 compared with the year before as vehicle supply continued to improve, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants....
Disney inks agreement with ValueAct, secures its support for company’s board nominees
Disney has a new ally in activist investor ValueAct Capital Management, garnering its support for the company’s board nominees as it continues to wage a proxy...
S&P/TSX composite down in late-morning trading, U.S. stock markets also lower
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index was down more than 100 points in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in base metal stocks, while U.S. stock...