Best Buy, one of the country's largest consumer electronics retailers, is laying off about 0.7 per cent of its workforce, estimated to be about 700 employees.
Anna LeGresley, a spokeswoman for Best Buy Canada, says the job losses come as the chain works to “support our stores and serve our...
UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Friday for its Nov. 29 intercontinental ballistic missile test, seeking to limit its access to refined petroleum products and crude oil and its earnings from workers abroad. A Security Council resolution adopted...
In any normal winter, Cameron Birch and his family of five would pack their bags for an all-inclusive vacation somewhere warm and sunny.
But when the pandemic kept them from booking a trip south, the Kelowna, B.C., family looked closer to home and bought season passes to Big White Ski...
Have you ever noticed how the prices on items have continuously crept higher and higher each year, but you get nothing more for the added cost? In fact, packaging for many items has decreased in size at the same time. When people wonder where their money disappears to, those...
Divorce at any age or stage in life can be difficult -- both emotionally and financially. Yet, couples divorcing after age 50 face unique financial challenges that should be examined and resolved during the divorce process.
Most couples in this category have the added burden of dividing a life-time of...
The B.C. government announced it plans Wednesday to tax Airbnb on short-term rentals and use the anticipated $16 million to fund housing affordability projects.
Airbnb has agreed to begin collecting an eight per cent sales tax (PST) and up to three per cent in a municipal and regional district tax...
Creating an encounter rather than purely presenting vehicles: Mercedes-Benz is pressing forward with its dialogue-based and experiential brand presence at trade fairs. At the IAA MOBILITY from 7 to 12 September 2021 in Munich, the luxury automotive brand is taking advantage of all the opportunities offered by the new format...
Purpose Investments Inc. (“Purpose”) is thrilled to announce the world’s first Bitcoin ETF, backed by physically settled Bitcoin, is now available to investors. The Canadian dollar denominated ETF non-currency hedged units and U.S. dollar denominated ETF non-currency hedged units of Purpose Bitcoin ETF (the “ETF”) will begin trading today...
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle more than 1,000 talc-related lawsuits linked to the company’s baby powder.
The world’s largest maker of health care products still faces more than 19,000 suits involving the product, but Monday’s announcement marks the first set of major...
The largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, surged to a record high of over $44,000 on Monday following the news that Tesla has invested $1.5 billion in the digital asset and expects to start accepting it as payment.
Bitcoin soared fifteen percent to trade at $44,141, closing in on an all-time high reached...