Category Archives: Business
GFL Environment reaches agreement with Competition Bureau
VAUGHAN, Ont. — GFL Environmental Inc. says it has reached a deal with the Competition Bureau, which had challenged the company's purchase of Terrapure Environmental Ltd. last year. Under the agreement, the company says it will sell four liquid waste f...
4 Germans arrested over extremist blackout, kidnapping plan
BERLIN (AP) — Four people were arrested in Germany and weapons were seized in an investigation into suspected anti-government extremists who allegedly planned to cause a long nationwide blackout and kidnap well-known figures including the country's hea...
European Central Bank gives no clear date for rate hikes
The head of the European Central Bank reiterated Thursday that the bank would raise interest rates “some time after” ending its pandemic stimulus efforts later this year, sticking to a gradual path even as the United States, United Kingdom and
Ottawa pledges cash for supply chain problems, but plenty of gaps persist
Ottawa plans to spend more than a half-billion dollars to fix supply chain issues, but experts say it falls far short of the kind of comprehensive strategy needed to address long-standing problems. Last week's federal budget commits $603 million over f...
Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine War
KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Ukrainians on Thursday they should be proud of having survived 50 days under Russian attack when the Russians “gave us a maximum of five.”
Sri Lankan protesters mark new year near president’s office
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans shared milk rice and oil cakes to celebrate their traditional new year on Thursday opposite President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office, where they camped out for a sixth day demanding his resignation over the worst
In drought-stricken West, officials weigh emergency actions
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water deliveries to users on the Colorado River to prevent the shutdown of a huge dam that supplies hydropower to some 5 million customers across the U.S.
Project Veritas says US seized staffer info as part of probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The conservative activist group Project Veritas said Wednesday that the Justice Department had secretly obtained from Apple and Google personal information about its staffers as part of an investigation into how the organization recei...
US agencies: Industrial control system malware discovered
BOSTON (AP) — Multiple U.S. government agencies issued a joint alert Wednesday warning of the discovery of malicious cyber tools created by unnamed advanced threat actors that they said were capable of gaining “full system access” to multiple industria...
Juul to pay $22.5 million to settle Washington vaping suit
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — E-cigarette giant Juul Labs will pay Washington state $22.5 million and has agreed to a variety of reforms to prevent underage use and sales under a settlement announced Wednesday by state Attorney General Bob Ferguson.
