Monthly Archive: May 2018

Home Capital also said that housing markets are cooling with sales volume in Toronto and Vancouver declining ‘significantly’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Latest on California’s move toward requiring solar panels on new homes (all times local): 12:05 p.m. The California Energy Commission has approved a requirement for solar panels on new homes starting in 2020. The commission vote on Wednesday vote was a critical step toward possible final approval later this year by […]

OTTAWA — The federal government plans to spend more than $2.2 million to fly roughly 3,000 police officers and dozens of German shepherds from all over the country to Quebec City to help secure the sites for next month’s G7 leaders’ summit. The G7 leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump and […]

LAS VEGAS — Fifty-thousand unionized Las Vegas casino workers whose contracts will expire at the end of the month are set to vote on whether to go on strike. The Culinary Union on Wednesday said it will hold a strike vote May 22 at a university arena. The workers’ existing contracts will expire at midnight […]

Shareholders at Kinder Morgan’s annual general meeting voted for the resolution after Neskonlith Chief told them they are vulnerable to sustainability risks

NEW YORK — NBC’s internal investigation following Matt Lauer’s firing says it doesn’t believe there is a culture of sexual harassment at the news division and that current news executives weren’t aware of Lauer’s behaviour until the complaint that doomed him. Investigators also said more needs to be done to ensure that the more than […]

Amazon has opened 15 of the ‘experience centres’ across the U.S., underscoring how it aims to make Alexa an everyday part of consumers’ lives

MONTREAL — The head of WestJet Airlines Inc. has apologized for asking some of its frequent flyers to videotape the service provided by its own flight attendants and those of its chief competitor. The Calgary-based airline says it asked 14 customers over a seven-day period to input the footage through an app so it could […]

Agreement had granted the government permission to seek details on people if there were questions about their immigration status, an arrangement slammed by British medical organizations as a violation o…

Kinross shares dropped 15% after Mauritania’s rejection of a key permit to expand a project, and a proposed mining code review in Ghana