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As plant-based milk becomes more popular, brands look for new ways to compete

As plant-based milk becomes more popular, brands look for new ways to compete

When it comes to plant-based alternatives, Canadians have never had so many options — and nowhere is that choice more abundantly clear than in the milk section of the dairy aisle.
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Inflation expected to ease to 2.1%, lowest level since March 2021: economists

Inflation expected to ease to 2.1%, lowest level since March 2021: economists

Economists anticipate that Canada's annual inflation rate in August fell to its lowest level since March 2021.
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B.C. victim's family furious at no-fault insurance regime in motor-vehicle death case

B.C. victim's family furious at no-fault insurance regime in motor-vehicle death case

WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. — Family members say Annie Kong wanted nothing more than to gather with all her extended family under one roof at her West Vancouver home for Christmas 2022.
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B.C. Conservatives promise to end stumpage fees, review fire management if elected

B.C. Conservatives promise to end stumpage fees, review fire management if elected

VANDERHOOF, B.C. — British Columbia Conservatives are promising changes they say will bring more stability to the province's struggling forest industry.
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Air Canada, pilots still far apart as strike notice deadline approaches

Air Canada, pilots still far apart as strike notice deadline approaches

Labour talks between Air Canada and its pilots are approaching a midnight deadline, when either side could trigger the start of a shutdown for Canada's largest airline.
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Boar's Head closing Virginia plant linked to deadly listeria outbreak

Boar's Head closing Virginia plant linked to deadly listeria outbreak

Boar’s Head said Friday it’s closing the Virginia plant tied to a deadly listeria outbreak .
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S&P/TSX gains almost 100 points, U.S. markets also higher ahead of rate decision

S&P/TSX gains almost 100 points, U.S. markets also higher ahead of rate decision

TORONTO — Strength in the base metal and technology sectors helped Canada's main stock index gain almost 100 points on Friday, while U.S. stock markets climbed to their best week of the year.
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Ontario's public broadcaster under scrutiny for funding, then pulling Russian war doc

Ontario's public broadcaster under scrutiny for funding, then pulling Russian war doc

TORONTO — Ongoing controversy over the documentary "Russians at War" has brought scrutiny to Ontario’s public broadcaster, which has said it will not air the film it helped fund.
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Stock market today: Wall Street climbs to the cusp of records and closes its best week of the year

Stock market today: Wall Street climbs to the cusp of records and closes its best week of the year

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose closer to their records and closed out their best week of the year as hopes built for a big rate cut next week. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Friday to climb within 0.7% of its all-time high reached in July.
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Trudeau says up to Air Canada and pilots to reach a deal as deadline approaches

Trudeau says up to Air Canada and pilots to reach a deal as deadline approaches

As the deadline approaches on a potential shutdown of Canada's largest airline, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's up to Air Canada and the union to reach a deal to avoid disrupting travellers and businesses.
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