OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada’s governing council considered waiting until July to raise interest rates, but ultimately decided to act sooner in the face of hot economic data. The central bank released Wednesday its summary of deliberations for its June interest rate announcement, shedding light into the decision to raise its key interest rate…
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Broadcaster faces backlash for news special to air after Titan sub runs out of oxygen
An upcoming news special on the Titan submersible, which vanished after losing signal days ago, is sparking backlash for its timing while crews continue to search for the vessel at sea. ITN’s “Titanic Sub: Lost at Sea” is scheduled to air on Britain’s Channel 5 on Thursday at 2 pm ET, hours after The Titan…
Ex-TikTok executive says Chinese government used app to locate, identify Hong Kong protesters
A former executive at ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the popular short-video app TikTok, says in a legal filing that some members of the ruling Communist Party used data held by the company to identify and locate protesters in Hong Kong. Yintao Yu, formerly head of engineering for ByteDance in the United States, says…
WestJet to wind down Swoop, integrate into main operation – Business News
WestJet to absorb Swoop The Canadian Press – Jun 9, 2023 / 11:37 am | Stories: 431105 Photo: The Canadian Press A passenger boards a WestJet Encore Bombardier Q400 twin-engined turboprop aircraft in Kamloops, Saturday, June 3, 2023. WestJet and Swoop pilots ratified their collective agreement after a bargaining process that saw the threat of…
Fox News chryon text called Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’ who got ‘his political rival arrested’ during broadcast of Trump’s post-courtroom speech
A screengrab of Fox News on Tuesday nightFoxNews A Fox News chyron called Biden a “wannabe dictator” who had “his political rival arrested.” The text accompanied footage of Trump speaking after he was arrested and arranged on Tuesday. Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 counts brought against him over handling of classified documents. On Tuesday…
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Net benefits to Canada went unquestioned in big forestry buyouts – Business News
Photo: Glacier Media file photo. The Catalyst paper mill in Powell River was indefinitely shut down not long after Paper Excellence purchased it. Earlier this year, Paper Excellence capped off an unprecedented series of multibillion-dollar buyouts to become the largest forestry company in Canada. Members of Parliament investigating the company’s business ties and corporate structure…
FAA orders grounding of all Air Canada and Rouge flights in US lifted
A brief ground stop order for all Air Canada and Rouge flights in the US due to an unspecified computer issue has been lifted. A little after 11 am ET on Thursday, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered what’s known as a “ground stop” to all of the airline’s destinations in the US due…