Category Archives: Business
Vancouver joins Toronto, Edmonton as ‘candidate host city’ for 2026 World Cup games
Vancouver is back in the running to host games when the FIFA World Cup comes to Canada in 2026. FIFA announced Thursday that the city has joined Edmonton and Toronto as candidate host cities after officials made a visit to the
E-cigs using synthetic nicotine come under FDA oversight
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators will soon begin cracking down on vaping companies using a now-closed loophole, including a line of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes that have become teenagers' top choice.
IMF chief: Ukraine war and inflation threaten global economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Russia's war against Ukraine was weakening the economic prospects for most of the world’s countries and called high inflation “a clear and present danger’’ to the global...
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.
