VICTORIA — Environment Minister George Heyman says British Columbia will take its Trans Mountain pipeline reference case to court by April 30. Heyman says the government will file its legal action over the issue of jurisdiction in the pipeline dispute in B.C.’s Court of Appeal, the highest court available for such an action. He says […]
NEW YORK — The lunchtime lines at Dos Toros move faster these days — customers don’t fumble for bills or coins, and employees don’t make change. Since around New Year’s, the Mexican food chain has been cashless. “For the vast majority of customers, there’s no reaction at all; they’re already paying with their cards. And […]
TORONTO — Nordstrom Rack will be introducing mobile checkout in its first Canadian location in the next two weeks and all subsequent stores in the country as they’re built. The retailer’s president Geevy Thomas says the offering allows staff to cash out customers from anywhere in the store via a mobile device. He says the […]
DENVER — McDonald’s PlayPlaces aren’t becoming pot places, not even in Colorado, the first state with legal recreational marijuana sales. The fast-food company said there is no truth to a report on social media that 15 restaurants in the state have transformed or plan to transform play areas into pot-smoking centres. The Now 8 News […]
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia film production has gradually increased over the last two years and was worth $102 million in 2017-18, says the deputy minister of the Department of Business. Bernie Miller told the legislature’s public accounts committee the overall figure is line with the 10-year average before the previous film tax credit was axed […]
Even in Vancouver and Victoria – two areas that were the most opposed – the majority of respondents are now in favour of the pipeline
NEW YORK — Hard Rock will open its Atlantic City casino resort on June 28. Jim Allen, the global entertainment and hospitality company’s CEO, made the announcement Wednesday at Hard Rock’s Times Square restaurant. The former Trump Taj Mahal casino is being rebranded as a Hard Rock property. Guests will drive past a massive electric […]
TORONTO — A key ratings agency has downgraded its outlook on Ontario’s finances to “negative” from “stable” in light of the Liberal government’s plan to run six consecutive multibillion-dollar deficits. Moody’s Investor Services says spending pressure will challenge the province’s ability to “sustain balanced fiscal results” over a number of years. Moody’s also says financing […]
Strike would ‘severely impact’ freight and passenger service, railway warns
TD Bank Group and the Public Policy Forum have announced the launch of a three-year initiative to discuss policy surrounding the changing nature of work. Life Insurance Blog