Telus profits plunge 74% despite record customer growth
VANCOUVER – Telus Corp. is reporting a74 per cent year-over-year drop in profits in its latest quarter, despite a solid revenue boost and record customer growth....
Here’s a quick glance at unemployment rates for October, by Canadian city
OTTAWA – The national unemployment rate was 5.7 per cent in October. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities....
Officials identify two workers – one killed, one still missing – after Kentucky coal plant collapse
Officials have released the names of two workers trapped when a coal mine preparation plant collapsed earlier this week in eastern Kentucky. Martin County Judge Executive...
Enbridge records Q3 profit as it awaits approvals for U.S. gas utility acquisitions
CALGARY – Enbridge Inc. says its most recent quarter delivered a profit of $500 million as it announced the acquisition of three U.S. gas utilities. The...
Tim Hortons parent company sees $364 million profit in Q3 despite rising costs
TORONTO – Restaurant Brands International Inc. recorded a US$364 million profit in its most recent quarter as it continued to warn of increases in commodity, labour,...
No police investigation for husband of Norway’s ex-prime minister over stock trades
The husband of Norway’s former prime minister Erna Solberg will not face investigation over his stock trading during her two terms in office, Norwegian police announced...
Biden administration awards $653 million in grants for 41 projects to upgrade ports
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Department on Friday awarded $653 million in grants to upgrade and improve 41 water-based ports across the United States. The grants...
UAE-based broadcaster censors satiric ‘Last Week Tonight’ over Saudi Arabia and Khashoggi killing
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai-based television network broadcasting across the Mideast cut substantial portions of an episode of the satiric news program “Last...
Statistics Canada to release October jobs report this morning
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada is set to release its October labour force survey this morning. RBC says it expects the economy added a modest 15,000 jobs...
Industry-led group eyes growth in sustainable protein production
It’s been more than four years in the making, but an industry-led organization called Protein MB has been launched to help Manitoba attain what industry officials...